Deputy FM warns against consequences of thwarting Hodeidah agreement

Deputy Foreign Minister in the national Salvation government, Hussein al-Izzi, warned against serious consequences of thwarting the Hodeidah agreement.

The redeployment of Yemeni troops, which began Saturday, was “an attempt by the political leadership to win the peace, the safety of navigation at sea and respect for the world’s interests,” Hussein al-Izzi told Al-Thawra Newspaper in an interview on Saturday.

“It is a good incentive to revive the peace and a message to expose the side is obstructing peace process,” he added.

He stressed that “The failure of Hodeidah agreement will lead to great risks and suffering that will certainly not be confined to our people or to the interests of our country.”

“The redeployment step comes in the context of the leadership’s keenness to implement the Stockholm Agreement on Hodeidah,” Deputy Foreign Minister added.

“Through this step, the leadership is trying to win the peace, safety of navigation at sea and respect the interests of the whole world,” he said.

He further noted that “this step stems from the sincere keenness of the leadership to alleviate the suffering of our faithful people, as well as to adhere to everything that would trigger the peace process,” he said.

Hussein al-Izzi concluded that the redeployment step would be a good incentive to revive the peace process and give all peace-loving people in the world good support and a reliable message to expose the side is obstructing peace process.

He expressed Hope that ” more pressures on the other side to fulfill its obligations and abandon the methodology of intransigence and disruption.”