al-Houthi cosigned a letter to the Yemeni government with Abdullah al-Ruzami, the rebels' military leader, in May 2005 offering an end to the uprising if the government would send emissaries or ended the military campaign against the rebels. "But if injustice continues with killing, destroying, and imprisonment... then the trouble will not be solved, but will become more complicated and the gap will become even wider."
al-Houthi collaborated with Abdullah al-Ruzami on a letter to the Yemeni government in May 2005 proposing an end to the rebellion if they would stop their military actions. However, if the government continued its oppressive policies, the situation would deteriorate and the gap between them would increase.