Defected Houthi minister hails Arab intervention
Defected Houthi information minister Abdul-Salam
Jaber has confirmed that he was happy to defect from the militia and join the
Yemeni national government.
"My arrival in Riyadh opens wider doors to work
to restore the legitimacy of Yemen, the homeland that suffered a catastrophe
that exceeded the ability of Yemenis to tolerate the practice of the de facto
authority in Sanaa," he told a news conference in Riyadh, referring to the
Houthi militias which took control over Sanaa in 2014.
Jaber, who arrived in Riyadh on Saturday, thanked
the Yemeni legitimacy leadership for what they have done to secure his travel
from Sanaa to Aden and then to Riyadh.
He decried the Houthi takeover in 2014.
"Since September 21, 2014, Yemen has been under
a state of repression; what is happening in Yemen now is more dangerous than a
coup," he said.
He also praised the intervention of the Arab
coalition.
