Yemeni President: Peace is our priority, and the defeat of Houthi is available
Yemen’s presidential leadership council on Sunday confirmed its readiness for peace, which is one of its priorities if there is a real partner in Sana’a, and noted that Houthi’s military defeat was possible.
The two vice presidents, Brigadier General Abdul Rahman al-Mahrami and Othman al-Majli, met separately with the US ambassador to Yemen, Stephen Wagin, to discuss improving co-ordination in regional security and counterterrorism, the official Saba agency reported.
Al-Mahrami, who commands the southern giant forces, pointed to the importance of putting pressure on Houthi militias and the need for the international community to exercise all its powers in forcing the coup to implement all that was agreed upon in terms of opening the main crossings and roads in Taiz and other provinces.
He explained that Sharia agreed to open Sanaa International Airport and conduct international flights, as well as allowing the entry of oil and commercial ships to the port of Hodeidah on the condition that the financial returns be paid as salaries to employees. He stressed that this never happened, but the money went to the Houthi war effort.
The Houthis are also trading in the prisoner issue and are refusing to release the four leaders included in the UN Security Council resolution, al-Mahrami said. They include former Defense Minister Maj.
Al-Mahrami said the Presidential Command Council and the Yemeni government are ready for a comprehensive and just peace if Houthi complies with the language of dialog and negotiations instead of killing, destruction and destruction. He called on militias to seize the opportunity of Eid and to exercise reason and engage in negotiations for the sake of the people who are paying the price of this war.
While emphasizing the importance of providing services to citizens and restoring security and stability, he praised Saudi and UAE support for the Yemeni people and their legitimate leadership, including the economic packages announced by Saudi Deputy Defense Minister Prince Khaled bin Salman.
“This brotherly assistance will undoubtedly revive the economic and service situation of citizens”, he said.
The Commander of the Giants’ Forces stressed the importance of securing international navigation, affirming the Presidential Command Council Company and the Yemeni government’s essential role alongside the United States and the international community to effectively contribute to the fight against terrorism in all its forms.
Houthi militias are the flip side of al-Qaeda and ISIS and have an external agenda, said Othman al-Majli, deputy chairman of the Presidential Council. He said the Yemeni People’s Command Council has not handed over a terrorist group that engages in violence, takfir and the trafficking of children to summer centers, recruiting, instigating and poisoning children.
It also works to directly incite neighboring countries, through these deceived children who are being pushed into losing battles by the Houthi militias.
Today, the international community wants peace. We want peace, but the militias have refused to open a road that has existed for 40 years in Taiz, despite the concessions we have made to our people by opening Sanaa airport, Hodeidah port and passports for humanitarian purposes.
He stressed that the United States is a key partner in the fight against terrorism and has a responsibility to implement international resolutions and to support the legitimacy that complies with these resolutions, pointing to the importance of getting rid of the scourge of the Houthi militias that dragged Yemen to a war that harmed the people and the national economy, and deliberately draining young people’s capabilities and falsifying their awareness of dark ideas hostile to the region and the world.
For his part, the US Ambassador praised the role of the Presidential Command Council and its response in extending the first and second truce and making all concessions that serve the Yemeni people and aim to end the war and establish peace. He also confirmed that the United States of America is a key partner with the Presidential Command Council and the Yemeni government to combat all forms of terrorism and extremism.
Yemen is witnessing a humanitarian truce, which entered into on April 2 and will expire on August 2, but experts say the Houthis are racing to invest time to mobilize fighters, organize their military ranks, and modernize their arsenal by evading a new round of war.
