The Supreme Political Council of Yemen has on Saturday confirmed that “dealing with the humanitarian file is the test and the real indicator of the success of the truce and the transition to positive steps after it.”
In its meeting, headed by President Mahdi al-Mashat, the Council stressed that “the correct dialogue in the beginning is with the US-Saudi-Emirati aggression coalition, and the humanitarian file and the lifting of the siege take precedence over the military and political aspects.”
The meeting discussed the current developments on the national arena, in the light of the armistice announced by the United Nations.
At the meeting, the Supreme Political Council stressed the necessity of Saudi Arabia’s commitment to lifting the blockade, removing all obstacles to the ships’ arrival at the port of Hodeidah and opening Sanaa International Airport. The Council said it considered this as the way to deal with the rest of the issues, and said that any delay in this will shake confidence in the credibility of the truce.
The Supreme Political Council reiterated its firm stance towards honourable peace.
The meeting also dealt with the actions taken by the coalition recently in Riyadh under the so-called “consultations” and the accompanying launch of the so-called “leadership council” as an alternative to the nominal rule of the exiled Abdrabbuh Mansuur Hadi and Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar.
In this regard, the Council affirmed that “the Yemeni people are not concerned with illegal measures issued by an illegal party outside the country,” noting that “what happened in replacing the roles of mercenaries should serve as a lesson to the rest of the mercenaries, as there is no legitimacy granted by the aggression countries.”
The Supreme Political Council praised the awareness of the Yemeni people, who “became aware of all the conspiracies that the coalition is hatching to undermine their willpower and steadfastness and the great sacrifices they made for the soil of the country.”
During the meeting, the Council affirmed that it seeks by all means to alleviate the suffering of the citizens caused by the continuation of obstacles to the arrival of fuel ships. It also called for the release of the captives on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan under the rule of releasing all those held by Yemen in exchange for all those held by the coalition.
