Deputy Prime Minister: Accepting Extension of Truce only if it Relieves Suffering of Yemeni People
Deputy Prime Minister General Jalal Al-Rawishan welcomed the extension of the truce if contingent with alleviating the suffering of the Yemeni people.
“What Sana’a is asking for to be accepted as part of the extension of the truce are basic and human rights for the Yemeni people,” he explained.
He also made it clear that the international community and the UN must understand that it is illogical to talk about a truce while 25 million people in Yemen are trapped.
At the same time, Al-Ruwaishan confirmed the readiness of the armed and security forces in the event the Saudi-backed government refused the truce or linked it to the closure of Sana’a airport and the port of Hodeidah.
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.