Saudi diplomat highlights support to Yemen
CAIRO – Saudi Arabia's Ambassador in Yemen, Khalid bin Salman, said Thursday that his country is at the forefront of support for Yemen.
Ongoing military operations in the
Yemeni port city of al-Hudaydah, bin Salman said, maintain this support by
Saudi Arabia and other states making the Arab coalition now trying to rid the
Arab country of control by the Iran-backed Houthi militia.
"The liberation of al-Hudaydah
from Houthi control is extremely important," bin Salman wrote on Twitter.
"The presence of this terrorist militia in close proximity to the Red Sea
threatens navigation in the sea."
He underscored the importance of the
Red Sea for the international maritime movement and the international economy.
Bin Salman said the Houthis had
previously attacked civilian ships from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates
and the US.
The Houthis insist to maintain control
over al-Hudaydah, he said, because they use its port in getting supplies that
help them maintain their aggressions on the people of Yemen.
Bin Salman revealed that the Houthis
also use the port of the city in smuggling Iranian arms and ballistic missiles
into Yemen.
Ending the suffering of the Yemeni
people makes it necessary for Houthi control over Yemen to come to an end, bin
Salman said.
He said the Houthis hamper the
distribution of humanitarian aid and also distribute aid arriving into Yemen to
their affiliates only.
