Former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh called Friday for a ceasefire and the resumption of U.N.-brokered dialogue between warring parties.

In a statement, Saleh urged a simultaneous halt in military operations in Yemen by a Saudi-led Arab coalition, and for dialogue to take place in the United Arab Emirates.

He called for “an immediate cessation of military operations by the coalition” and “a simultaneous immediate stop” to operations by the ‘Houthis’.

Saleh also proposed a “resumption of dialogue… under the sponsorship of the United Nations, and its transfer to the United Arab Emirates or a U.N. building” aimed at negotiating a solution to the crisis.