News - Yemen:  President Mahdi Al-Mashat discussed with the Minister of Transport Abdulwahab Al-Durra the difficulties that the transport sector is experiencing as a result of the US-Saudi aggression and the siege on Yemen.

They discussed the killing, looting and violations of the coalition of aggression and its mercenaries, the latest of which was the killing of the child Akram Al-Azazi, as well as the citizen Khaled Abdullah from the Ibb governorate, in the areas under the control of the aggression.

In the meeting, President Al-Mashat confirmed that the repeated cancellation of flights scheduled for the provisions of the humanitarian truce through Sana'a International Airport constitutes a clear repudiation of the decisions of the truce by the aggression coalition, Pointing out the importance of opening roads to alleviate the suffering of citizens in Taiz governorate, and in the rest of the governorates.

For his part, the Minister of Transport touched on the problems and obstacles faced by citizens and owners of transport locomotives, looting of their properties, and killing as a result of the aggression and its mercenaries, which doubles transportation costs, leads to higher prices and exacerbates the suffering of citizens.

The Minister of Transport stressed that opening the main roads eligible for transportation would constitute a major breakthrough for citizens and alleviate their suffering.

Earlier, The Director General of Sana'a International Airport, Khaled Al-Shayef, confirmed that the US-Saudi aggression does not have any justifications to disavow the implementation of what was agreed upon regarding flights to and from Sana'a Airport.

He explained that not scheduling flights and announcing them in sufficient time wastes the opportunity for citizens to travel and leads to the inability to book.

He pointed out that the US-Saudi aggression requests that the lists of passengers' names be uploaded 48 hours before the flight, which is not enough time.

He noted that the cancellation of the US-Saudi aggression last Wednesday, a flight from Cairo, caused a problem for Yemeni citizens wishing to return after their arrival from several countries.

He helds the UN responsible for scheduling and implementing the remaining flights on time, stressing that some patients were unable to return from Jordan as a result of the flight delays.

The Chairman of the Higher Medical Committee, Mutahar Al-Darwish, stated that after the extension of the truce, 1,600 patients were scheduled to travel, spread over 16 flights.

He explained that the US-Saudi aggression's obstruction of flights through Sana'a airport hinders the plans of the Supreme Medical Committee regarding the travel of patients.

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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