Deputy Prime Minister for Defense: US-Saudi Aggression Continue to Undermine Military Humanitarian Truce
Deputy Prime Minister for Defense and Security Affairs and deputy head of National Delegation, Jalal Al-Rowaishan, said that the US-Saudi aggression continues to undermine the humanitarian and military truce.
In a statement, Al-Rowaishan added that the humanitarian truce is almost over, and the Yemeni people have not felt any impact from the humanitarian aspect.
He pointed out that the US-Saudi aggression violates the truce on a daily basis, and they only replaced the warplanes with drones, explaining that the office of the UN envoy and the international community are informed of these violations.
Lieutenant-General Al-Rowaishan stressed that the continuation of pressure in the humanitarian issue will not achieve any military and security goals.
He explained that negotiating to stop the war is with the US-Saudi Aggression’s countries, and the political solution will be between the Yemenis, and that this is Sanaa’s firm position.
He also indicated that the release of Yemeni detainees in Saudi Arabia under the name of prisoners is part of the propaganda war and a continuation of escaping from the entitlements of the prisoners’ issue.
He expressed his hope that there will be seriousness and credibility on the part of the coalition of aggression countries in the remainder of the truce period by adhering to the humanitarian aspect of the truce.
In early April, the UN special envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, announced the nationwide ceasefire, for the first time since 2016, saying the two-month truce would be eligible for renewal with the consent of parties. The truce meant to halt all military operations in the country and to bring the foreign military invasion to an end.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the truce “must be a first step to ending Yemen’s devastating war,” urging the warring parties to build on the opportunity to “resume an inclusive and comprehensive Yemeni political process.”
The deal stipulates halting offensive military operations, including cross-border attacks, and allowing fuel-laden ships to enter Yemen’s lifeline al-Hudaydah port and commercial flights in and out of the airport in the capital Sana’a “to predetermined destinations in the region.”
The Saudi-led aggression continues to violate the truce by detaining new fuel ships, despite their inspection and obtaining permits from the United Nations, insisting on the closure of Sana’a Airport, as well as, the fires of the aggression side did not subside along the fronts, on the borders and inside. Shelling, reconnaissance, development and crawl, including a failed advance carried out by mercenaries towards Army and Popular Committee sites south of Marib.