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Member of the Supreme Political Council (SPC) Mohammed Ali al-Houthi has welcomed the remarks made by the Sudanese Prime Minister, Abdullah Hamdok, regarding the withdrawal of Sudan’s mercenaries from Yemen.
Al-Houthi described Hamdok’s remarks as a “positive.”
“The Sudanese Prime Minister, Abdullah Hamdok, announced on Friday his intention to return the Sudanese soldiers, during his speech at the Atlantic Research Council, in which he said that the presence of Sudanese forces in Yemen is (a legacy left by the previous regime) is positive,” Mohammed Ali al-Houthi said in a Twitter post on Sunday.
He added that “Bringing the forces back meets the aspirations of the Sudanese People and saves lives.”
Sudan’s prime minister said on Sunday Khartoum had reduced the number of troops it has in Yemen from a peak of 15,000 to 5,000, confirming a drawdown in a conflict which he said could not be solved militarily.
Sudanese soldiers and paramilitary fighters have been unofficially fighting alongside the Saudi-led coalition against Yemen’s Ansarullah movement and national salvation government, in return for Saudi payments to the al-Bashir government.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
