News - Yemen: Mahdi Al-Mashat, head of the Supreme Political Council - the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, met with Defense Minister Major General Mohammed Nasser Al-Atifi and discussed aspects related to the level of commitment to the humanitarian and military truce declared by the UN.

President Al-Mashat stressed keenness to make the truce a success, open Sana'a Int. Airport and Hodeidah ports, and lift the siege to alleviate the suffering of the Yemeni people.

He reiterated the emphasis on cooperation and support for any sincere efforts that seek to achieve peace for the Yemeni people, and preserve the security, stability and unity of Yemen.

The Minister of Defense affirmed the commitment of the army and the popular committees to the truce despite the violations committed by the US-Saudi aggression and their repeated targeting of some sites.

The truce, meant to halt all military operations in the country and bring the foreign military invasion to an end, came into effect on April 2.
 
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the truce "must be a first step to ending Yemen’s devastating war," urging the warring parties to build on the opportunity to "resume an inclusive and comprehensive Yemeni political process."
 
The deal stipulates halting offensive military operations, including cross-border attacks, and allowing fuel-laden ships to enter Yemen’s lifeline al-Hudaydah port and commercial flights in and out of the airport in the capital Sana’a "to predetermined destinations in the region."
 
Two weeks has passed for the entry into effect of the humanitarian and military truce brokered by the UN, but without significant progress.
 
The airport is still deserted and has not received any flights, in light of the obstacles created by the coalition of aggression. The past weeks was supposed to witness at least two commercial flights to and from Sana'a International Airport.
 
Well-informed sources in Sana'a say that there are complications by the aggression side, in light of its insistence on taking over the issuance of passports and visas.
 
The matter also applies to the port of Hodeidah. While the countries of aggression were supposed to facilitate the smooth flow of ships to the port, under the truce, the inspecting ships are still subject to inspection, and are detained off the coast of Jizan despite obtaining UN permits and licenses.
 
On the ground, the fires of the aggression side did not subside along the fronts, on the borders and inside. Shelling, reconnaissance, development and crawl, including a failed advance carried out by mercenaries towards Army and Popular Committee sites south of Marib.
 
All indicators do not serve the steadfastness of the humanitarian and military truce, and provide evidence that Sana’a continues to exercise restraint, in the face of heterogeneous parties that do not abide or respect their commitments to a truce sponsored by the UN.

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