United Nations has criticised an agreement signed by Yemen’s Houthi rebels and ousted President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s party to form a political council to run the country.

UN spokesman, Farhan Haq said, the unilateral decision is a clear violation of the Yemeni constitution and the provisions of the Gulf Cooperation Council,GCC, initiatives and implementation mechanism. Haq said the decision is not in line with the peace process and endangered the substantial progress made during the Kuwait talks.

The agreement was struck yesterday between Saleh’s General Peoples’ Congress Party and Ansar Allah, the political arm of the rebel Houthi movement.