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The national delegation stressed to the United Nations Special Envoy to Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh, that the real threat to the international navigation are the warships of the countries of aggression which are deployed in the southern Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, and the Bab al-Mandab.
During a meeting with the UN official on Thursday, the Yemeni delegation said that these warships are the ones bombing Yemeni cities and violating its national sovereignty, posing as the real threat to international navigation.
The delegation also pointed out that Al-Qaeda and the ISIS terror group control large areas in the southern and eastern provinces with the support of the Saudi-led coalition.
A number of issues, including the consultations as well as the military escalation and blockade by the Saudi-led aggression forces and their effects on the humanitarian situation, were discussed in the meeting that was held in the Omani capital Muscat.
The Yemeni delegation considered that the intensified airstrikes on various areas across the war-torn country, the crimes committed against the Yemeni people, the military build-up by the Saudi aggression, and the transferring of the Central Bank are obstacle to a political solution.
The delegation reiterated its condemnation of the continuing air embargo on the Sana’a international airport as well as the massacres committed by the coalition, criticizing the international silence over the crimes of the Saudi aggression.
For his part, Ould Cheikh pointed out that the solution will be thorough and complete, and will include the institution of the presidency and the government. The official proposed a truce for 72 hours and the activation of a cease-fire.
Saudi Arabia began its deadly campaign against Yemen in late March 2015. The strikes were meant to undermine the Houthi Ansarullah movement and restore power to fugitive former president Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi.
About 10,000 people have been killed and over 16,000 injured since Riyadh launched the airstrikes. The Saudi aggression has also taken a heavy toll on Yemen’s facilities and infrastructure.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
