News - Yemen: The Resident Coordinator for Humanitarian Affairs in Sana'a, David Grisley, stressed the importance and vitality of paying salaries and opening Sana'a airport for the Yemeni people in a way that alleviates the humanitarian crisis in Yemen.

"We are still looking positively at resolving issues related to the payment of salaries, the reopening of Sana'a airport, and the return of flights to Cairo," he said.

Gressly met with Minister of Transport, Abdul Wahab Al-Durra, Monday, where they discussed a number of issues related to the port of Hodeidah and Sana'a airport, as well as the humanitarian aspect of the UN truce.

The meeting also discussed the issue of the delay of the UN Development Program in implementing the agreement signed with the government regarding the development of the port of Hodeidah and the replacement of the destroyed cranes by US-Saudi aggression.

The two sides also discussed the issue of the tanker Safer, and the role of the UN in helping to develop Sana'a Airport to serve the expansion of travel destinations in accordance with truce.

The Minister of Transport also denounced the continued detention of fuel ships by the US-Saudi  aggression, stressing that this constitutes a threat to the UN truce.

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.

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 period specified for the military humanitarian truce is nearing its end, and the US-Saudi aggression seems to be in a hurry to adopt the option of extending for the third time to freeze the battle in Yemen and its economic repercussions away from global energy markets.

The forces of aggression are pushing for an extension, not out of concern for peace, but rather out of fear that the escalation will add more complications to the international scene in addition to the crisis imposed by the Russian-Ukrainian war.

A truce, the positive effects of which have not been felt by the citizens over the past months, despite its broad headlines. Commercial flights to Cairo are still stumbling until today, and the navy of aggression continues to pursue fuel ships without respect for agreements or any regard for international laws and norms.

Double standards regarding the violations of the forces of aggression and its provocative practices is a double UN policy that has brought the crisis in Yemen to its current level of misery and deprivation that has affected everyone far from justice and the realization of the rights of the Yemeni people.

The Supreme Political Council requires, in order to extend the truce, the commitment of the Saudi-led aggression to pay the salaries of all employees and the rest of the services, as a natural entitlement that is not subject to extortion. Before that, the complete blockade of Sana’a airport and the port of Hodeidah must be lifted as a criterion for demonstrating the seriousness and goodwill in the faltering peace process in Yemen.