Sanaa has invited them to join Yemen's national dialogueprocess aimed at reconciling the disparate groups that emerged before and during a political crisis last year.
So far none of the key players amongst the Hiraak have bought into the National Dialogueprocess, although some have indicated openness to the possibility of a federal state.
In a confidential dialogueprocess facilitated by the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue since 2006, the two sides could only agree that lasting peace in the Thai south depended on Malaysia buying into the solution.