News - Yemen: The Minister of Transport reiterated the technical and professional readiness of Sana’a International Airport to receive all civil and commercial flights.

During his visit to Sanaa Airport, Minister Abdulwahab Al-Durra praised the efforts of the Civil Aviation Authority’s leadership in maintaining the airport’s technical readiness, and the development and modernization of its facilities in general, in accordance with international requirements in international airports and the Civil Aviation Organization "ICAO".

He pointed out that Sana'a Airport provides air navigation services to the aircraft of the United Nations and its affiliated organizations, and international humanitarian organizations operating in Yemen on a daily basis, with qualified Yemeni cadres.

He said: "Sana'a Airport works with complete professionalism and impartiality in its air navigation that it provides to international flights and humanitarian organizations," explaining that the airport receives six to seven flights of the United Nations and humanitarian organizations operating in Yemen on a daily basis.

The Minister of Transport considered his visit to the airport as a message to the world and the United Nations of the extent of Sana’a commitment to the humanitarian truce, confirming that the flights are supposed to be operated on a daily basis without any restrictions as a right to all Yemeni people.

In early April, the UN special envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, announced the nationwide ceasefire, for the first time since 2016, saying the two-month truce would be eligible for renewal with the consent of parties. The truce meant to halt all military operations in the country and to bring the foreign military invasion to an end.

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."

The Saudi-led aggression continues to violate the truce by detaining new fuel ships, despite their inspection and obtaining permits from the United Nations, insisting on the closure of Sana’a Airport, as well as, 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.