The United Nations has welcomed a pledge by Yemen’s Ansarullah on Thursday to accept the terms of a ceasefire deal brokered by the international body, calling it “an important step” towards a peace settlement.

The United Nations has welcomed a pledge by Yemen’s Ansarullah on Thursday to accept the terms of a ceasefire deal brokered by the international body, calling it “an important step” towards a peace settlement in the country suffering from the Saudi-US aggression since more than 6 months.

Ansarullah group, who has been fighting alongside the Yemeni army against the attacking forces of the Saudi-US aggression on the country, said late on Wednesday that they would accept UN Security Council Resolution 2216.

“This is an important step,” the UN chief’s spokesperson, Stephane Dujarric told reporters in New York after months of faltering attempts to broker a peace deal

Amid ongoing peace talks hosted by UN envoy Ismail Ould Sheikh in Oman, the only Gulf state not taking part in the Saudi-led military campaign against Yemen, UN deputy chief Jan Eliasson headed to Saudi Arabia on Thursday to discuss the humanitarian fallout of the conflict.

On Wednesday, Amnesty International issued a report detailing the Saudi-led coalition "war crimes" in Yemen, urging the international community to suspend arms transfer to the coalition member states.

Saudi Arabia has been striking Yemen for 197 days now to restore power to fugitive President Abed Rabbu Mansour Hadi. The Saudi-led aggression has so far killed at least 6,433 Yemenis, including hundreds of women and children.

Despite Riyadh’s claims that it is bombing the positions of the Yemeni military, Saudi warplanes are flattening residential areas and civilian infrastructures.