The UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash said on Sunday the Saudi coalition is "a strategic necessity in light of the surrounding challenges", especially in Yemen.

"As a result of our strategic relationship with Saudi Arabia, it is the one deciding whether to continue our role in supporting stability in Yemen within the Arab coalition or not," Mr Gargash tweeted.

"Our engagement with Riyadh is ontological and more comprehensive, especially in the surrounding difficult circumstances and in light of our firm conviction of Riyadh's pivotal and leading role."The UAE has pledged the United Nations that it will exert every effort to de-escalate matters in southern Yemen.

“We must not forget the important part my country has played in the liberation of Aden and most of the country occupied by the Houthi rebellion," Saud Al Shamsi told the UN Security Council earlier in the week.

"The UAE has prevented the terrorist parties from taking advantage of the security vacuum during this critical and difficult phase of Yemen's life, and the UAE has managed to play a great part in reconstructing the liberated areas.”

The UAE and Saudi leaders attended a meeting in early August in Makkah to discuss the situation.

Saudi King Salman and Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, urged all parties to "prioritise dialogue and reason in the interest of Yemen and its people".