News – Yemen: The Minister of Transport, Abdulwahab Al-Durra, called on the United Nations to pressure Saudi-backed party to abide by the truce and move to opening ports, crossings and main roads for citizens and travelers and transporting goods.

In a meeting, on Saturday, with the leadership of the General Authority for Regulating Land Transport Affairs, the Minister of Transport stressed the need to implement truce provisions, including operating flights from Sana'a Airport to Cairo and increasing commercial flights with at least two flights per day to compensate for the flights approved by the humanitarian truce and allow detained fuel tankers to enter to the port of Hodeidah.

He pointed out that the Salvation Government was committed to open land ports in accordance with what was stated in the truce, and the Saudi-backed party was obligated to do so. He mentioned the necessity of organizing land transport which plays a pivotal role in moving the wheel of the national economy, stressing the importance of developing transport projects and benefiting from technology in order to achieve security and safety for citizens and travelers in all governorates.

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.