US-Saudi Aggression Underestimates UN-Sponsored Truce, Has No Seriousness to Open Sana’a Int.l Airport: Director
Director of Sana’a International Airport confirmed Sunday that the US-Saudi aggression is procrastinating the obligations of humanitarian truce, and does not have the credibility and seriousness to open the airport.
In a statement to Almasirah, Khalid Al-Shayef said: We were surprised that the permit was not granted to Yemenia Airways to organize the flight agreed upon under the auspices of the United Nations, despite our commitment to all requirements in airport services.
He stressed that the aggression seeks to stop any attempt to open the airport to deepen the humanitarian crisis and kill the patients, stressing that all alleged justifications announced by the US-Saudi aggression come in the context of repudiating the truce commitments, and alleviating human suffering.
He indicated that the Yemeni Ministry of Foreign Affairs is in contact with the office of the UN envoy to inform him of the ban, expressing hope that the United Nations will bear responsibility and put pressure on the US-Saudi aggression to implement its obligations.
Earlier, US-Saudi aggression refused to grant Yemeni Airlines permission to land the flight, after a UN sponsored truce that was scheduled to arrive at Sana’a International Airport on Sunday, April 24, the Undersecretary of the Civil Aviation and Meteorology Authority Raed Talib Jabal said.
According to Saba News Agency, Jabal confirmed that the countries of aggression renounce their obligations by refusing to give Yemeni airlines permission to land the commercial flight, considering this a violation of the truce announced by the UN envoy to Yemen.
He added that the coalition of aggression deliberately seeks to double the suffering of the Yemeni people, while seeking to mislead international public opinion about the humanitarian issue.
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 bring the foreign military invasion to an end, came into effect at 07:00 p.m. local time (1600 GMT) on April 2.
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, and insisting on the closure of Sana’a Airport. In addition, 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.