News - Yemen: President Mahdi Al-Mashat met on Saturday with Deputy Prime Minister for Defense and Security Affairs Jalal Al-Ruwaishan, Defense Minister Mohammed Al-Atifi, and Chief of General Staff Mohammed Al-Ghomari.

During the meeting, they discussed topics related to the military and security affairs in the country, in addition to the current truce course and assessing the extent of the US-Saudi aggression commitment to implementing it.

President Al-Mashat condemned the practices of the US-Saudi aggression by sending spy drones over Sana'a, and a number of governorates, considering this a blatant violation of truce.

He stressed the necessity of the Saudi-led aggression's commitment to the provisions of truce and the implementation of all its provisions, leading to more humanitarian and economic remedies to alleviate the suffering of the Yemeni people.

He pointed out that in the event that the US-Saudi aggression did not fulfill its commitment to the declared UN-Sponsored  truce, the armed and security forces are ready to carry out their duty.

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.