Sanaa Calls on Foreign Diplomatic Missions to Resume Their Work

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sana’a government, Hisham Sharaf, called on the international community to be open to the Yemeni people and their just and right demands, including resuming the activity of the diplomatic missions of brotherly and friendly countries in the capital, Sana’a, in a way that serves common interests.

This came in a letter addressed by Minister Sharaf to the President of the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Denis Francis, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, and the heads of delegations participating in this session, on the occasion of the general debate of the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs pointed out that at a time when world leaders are meeting to discuss issues of sustainable development, Yemen is still being subjected to US-Saudi aggression and siege for the ninth year in a row in flagrant violation of all international norms and conventions.

He explained that the coalition of aggression committed the most heinous crimes and violations against humanity, causing the deaths of thousands, the displacement of millions, and the emergence of the worst humanitarian disaster in the modern era.

Minister Sharaf stressed in his letter that the pro-aggression government does not represent the Yemeni People or their interests and does not enjoy any legitimacy. Rather, they were appointed by the coalition of aggression countries as tools to implement their agenda of occupying and plundering Yemen’s wealth, destroying its capabilities, and threatening its sovereignty, unity, and independence.

He pointed out that the National Salvation Government should have been given room to participate in the general debate of the United Nations General Assembly, Security Council sessions to explain the injustice of the Yemeni people.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs stressed that Sana’a has the natural right to defend itself and the interests of its people, and to open Sana’a International Airport and the port of Hodeidah, pay employees’ salaries, expel the occupiers from Yemen’s territory, and end the aggression and siege.

He considered the continued intransigence of the coalition countries, and their provocations a threat to regional and international security and navigation in the Red Sea. He called on the arms producing and exporting countries to stop supplying their weapons to the coalition countries, to contribute in putting pressure towards ending the aggression and the blockade.