News - Yemen:  Yemeni officials confirmed that they would not bet on the existing truce with its provisions to achieve the strategic goals of the Yemeni people.

"We do not bet on the truce to achieve the strategic goals of the Yemeni people," Deputy Prime Minister for Defense and Security Affairs Lieutenant-General Jalal Al-Rowaishan said in a statement to Al-Masirah. "Accepting the truce came to confirm the sincere intention towards peace." 

Rowaishan added that it is not possible to accept the state of no war and no peace pushed by the Saudi-led aggression.

For his part, the Minister of Civil Service and Insurance Salim Al-Mughalis indicated that the truce is nearing its end and the salary issue has not been moved despite the presence of the Economic Committee in Muscat and repeated promises from the United Nations.

Mughalis explained that the Saudi-led aggression lacks seriousness and credibility in the salary issue and other humanitarian issues.

He stressed that the coalition of aggression is deliberately increasing the suffering of Yemenis by cutting salaries, while continuing to loot the oil wealth that used to cover salaries.

In turn, the Minister of Transport Major General Abdulwahab Al-Durra said: "We have made an important stride in addressing the failure of flights to Cairo through an understanding with the Egyptian side."

Durra added that the detention of fuel ships was an attempt by the coalition of aggression to confuse the right humanitarian requirements set by the National Delegation to accept the extension of the truce.

A UN-brokered truce in Yemen first came into effect on 2 April, and for an initial two months.  It was renewed for another two months in June. The deal stipulated halting offensive military operations, including cross-border attacks, and allowing fuel-laden ships to enter Yemen's lifeline Hodeidah port and commercial flights in and out of the airport in the capital Sana'a "to predetermined destinations in the region."

However, in light of UN silence, the Saudi-led aggression was still obstructing flights to the Sana'a International Airport in Yemen’s capital and detaining fuel ships that were headed to the country. The fires of the aggression side did not subside along the fronts, on the borders and inside, including shelling, reconnaissance, development and crawl.

When the period specified for the military and humanitarian truce was nearing its end, the US-Saudi aggression seemed to be in a hurry to adopt the option of extending it 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.