Almasirah:Defense Minister Confirms Keenness of Armed Forces to Adhere to UN-Sponsored Truce

Defense Minister Confirms Keenness of Armed Forces to Adhere to UN-Sponsored Truce

News - Yemen: Defense Minister affirmed that the Yemeni Armed Forces, from a position of strength and responsibility, are still very keen to adhere to the UN-sponsored truce, despite the monitored and repeated violations committed by the US-Saudi aggression.

In a statement to Saba news agency, Major General Mohammed Al-Atifii said: "Today, through our follow-up to the new political scenario of the US-Saudi aggression and its mercenaries, we and all Yemeni people have a clear picture that they have no intention of peace."

He added, "We are ready for whatever the US-Saudi aggression commits, however, we hope that it will take advantage of the truce opportunity to show good intentions unless they will only gain defeat and obvious loss.”

Major General Al-Atifi pointed out that the Yemeni Armed Forces, which are more than ever before, are ready and with high combat power by land, sea and air.

Regarding the so-called new naval task force led by the US in the red sea, he said the the Yemeni Armed Forces monitored all developments, confirming that they are considered flagrant violation of Yemeni territorial waters and with the aim of besieging Yemen and looting its oil and gas resources, and imposing hegemony on international shipping lanes.

He pointed out that the will of the Yemeni people is strong and unbreakable and is an integral part of the will of the nation, at the forefront of which is the axis of resistance and jihad, indicating that the Yemeni people are always moving towards the liberation and independence and rejecting all forms of domination and subordination to the aggression.

In early April, the UN envoy to Yemen announced a UN-sponsored humanitarian truce for a period of two months. 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.

The deal stipulates halting offensive military operations, including cross-border attacks, and allowing fuel-laden ships to enter Yemen’s lifeline Hodeidah port and commercial flights in and out of the airport in the capital Sana’a "to predetermined destinations in the region."

Nearly a month 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 few weeks was supposed to witness at least two commercial flights a week 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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