Abdulsalam: Yemeni People Not Abide by Saudi Conciliation Outcomes with Unrecognized Party

The head of the National Delegation Mohammad Abdulsalam deplored on Thursday the decisions of the pro-Saudi government in the so-called Presidential Leadership Council formation. He stressed that the present and future of Yemen are decided within Yemen.

“The present and future of Yemen is decided within Yemen, and any decisions outside its borders are farcical and recreational plays practiced by the countries of aggression,” Abdulsalam said.

He stressed that the path to peace must start by stopping the aggression, lifting the siege, and ending the expelling foreign forces, and then talking about political dialogue, otherwise any conference is a desperate attempt to rearrange the ranks of the US-Saudi mercenaries to push them towards further escalation.

Abdulsalam stressed that the Yemeni people are not abiding by Saudi outcomes with an unrecognized party issued outside the borders of their country.

He explained that these measures are pushing towards escalation by regrouping scattered and conflicting militias into one framework that serves the interests of US-Saudi aggression.

Saudi Arabia is trying to reuse its mercenaries by removing the Saudi-backed former president Hadi and appointing a group of mercenaries affiliated with it to form a council that follows it.

Former Yemeni president, a staunch ally of Riyadh, has handed over his self-proclaimed powers to a newly established body, in what appears to be another sign of the failure of the Saudi-led war that began seven years ago with the main goal of reinstalling him by force.

A Thursday statement from Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi said he had delegated his powers to the “presidential leadership” council and dismissed vice president Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar.

The council will assume the duties of the former president and his deputy, and will be in charge of political, military and security decisions during a “transitional period,” the statement added.

Observers and human rights advocates in Yemen see this as another sign of the failure of the Saudi-led war that began seven years ago with the main goal of reinstalling him by force.