Member of the National Delegation, Abdul-Malik Al-Ajri, has affirmed that “the US-Saudi aggression used the issue of opening roads to justify its siege of ports and airports, and subsequently covering it up.”
“We are keen to alleviate the suffering of the people, and in the circumstances of the confrontations there is a forced closure of some main roads to preserve the safety of citizens,” Abdul-Malik al-Ajri said in a statement to Al-Masirah on Tuesday.
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He pointed out that the measures in Taiz were imposed by military necessities to preserve the lives of citizens, while the closure of the ports and the airport was not justified.
Al-Ajri explained that the military committee has chosen dialogue and had a package of options stressing its keenness to make the best use of the truce.
“The Saudi-led aggression did not implement the truce’s most important provisions of the two weekly flights.”
Abdul-Malik al-Ajri pointed out that the Saudi use of spy planes has also not stopped, despite the fact that the United Nations had previously warned that any breach of the truce would be dealt with.
Regarding a possible extension of the truce, Al-Ajri affirmed that the delegation has not discussed this issue with the United Nations so far, stressing the need to implement the provisions of the current truce first in the required manner.
He pointed out that “an extension is out of the question as long as there is no commitment to the terms of the truce,” asking “On what basis are we looking at extending it?”
Al-Ajri said he considered any extension of the truce to be possible only in light of the evaluation of the previous stage and of the improvement of humanitarian conditions.
