News - Yemen:  The Director of Sana'a International Airport, Khaled Al-Shayef, confirmed that the forces of aggression control the flight schedules to and from Sana'a airport and announce them.

In a call with Almasirah, Al-Shayef explained that Sana'a airport's administration has fully prepared to schedule flights, but the coalition is control granting permits to them.

He pointed out that the aggression is not serious about organizing flights to Sana'a airport. He said, "So far, 6 flights have been carried out to Jordan and one to Cairo, out of 25 flights that are supposed to be implemented within the two phases of the UN-sponsored truce." He added: "We fear that the coalition of aggression will adopt the same behavior in the first phase of the truce in delaying the implementation of flights."

He pointed out that the UN did not pressure the aggression in the required manner to implement the flights included in the truce.
On Sunday, The Ministry of Transport held a press conference about the obstacles and difficulties faced by different government agencies during the UN-sponsored truce.
The Minister of Transport, Abdulwahab Al-Durra, called for keeping airport, port and roads open. He stressed on allowing entry of fuel ships to cover the needs of citizens in all its forms, as well as for the flights approved by the truce.
"The US-Saudi aggression requires us to submit passenger lists 48 hours before travelling, which makes it difficult for families to benefit from them, especially the sick and elderly" Al-Durra explained. He pointed out that we have signed a memorandum of agreement with the Supreme Medical Committee, the Civil Aviation Authority and Yemeni Airlines to allocate 30% of the seats for incoming flights for sick cases.
The Minister of Transport revealed that only six trips to the Jordanian capital and one trip to Cairo were carried out over the past two months, during which 16 trips were supposed to have been operated.
He explained that 2,424 passengers were transported to and from Sana'a, Amman and Cairo during the truce, while patients' need to travel for treatment amounted to tens of thousands and more expatriates and students.

The head of the General Authority for Regulating Land Transport Affairs, Walid Al-Waadi, called for opening the main ports and roads in all governorates. He also demanded the opening a lot of road, pointing out that the people are suffering from the mercenaries' cutting off, completely, the main roads to Aden and Taiz.

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 two-month humanitarian and military truce under the auspices of the United Nations entered into effect on the second of last April and ends on the second of June 2022. Over the past weeks, the forces of aggression have been obstructing the implementation of the truce, refusing to allow flights to reach Sana’a International Airport.

The humanitarian truce in Yemen provides for the operation of two commercial flights per week to and from Sana’a Airport during the two months of the truce to Jordan and Egypt.

The Civil Aviation and Meteorological Authority called on the United Nations to "adhere to the provisions of the truce by operating the 16 agreed-upon flights during the remainder of the truce, to alleviate the suffering of Yemeni citizens."

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