News – Yemen: Abdulmalik Al-Ajri, Member of the National Delegation, said that Sana’a is negotiating in order to achieve the demands of the Yemeni People and guarantee the interests of the entire country, and not for the sake of a specific group.  

"The US-Saudi-Emirati coalition of aggression rejects these demands. because of its National nature," he explained.

In a Twitter post he exposed the Saudi regime approach to the Negotiations saying that "our position does not appeal to the coalition of aggression and its sponsors (in reference to the US and UK), because they do not see Yemen as a sovereign state, but as groups of special demands.

The US-Saudi aggression rejects these demands altogether, and tries to circumvent them through deceptive proposals that involve the continuation of the aggression and blockade. They want to keep the country under the tutelage and dominance of the aggressive countries.

"If Sana'a had been negotiating to achieve sectarian or factional demands, it would have obtained many demands, and the enemy and its sponsors would be generous with us", he said.

Sana'a gave what appears to be the last opportunity for the coalition of aggression. In order to meet the demands of the Yemeni people regarding the renewal of the armistice and actual peace, but the indications on reality indicate the enemy's insistence on intransigence and imposing a state of "no war and no peace".

On a daily basis, the Saudi-led aggression violates the UN-backed agreement, reached between the warring sides during a round of UN-sponsored peace negotiations in Sweden in December 2018.

The agreement committed the parties to an immediate ceasefire in the city of Hodeidah and the ports of Hodeidah, Salif and Ras Issa, redeployment of forces, securing the ports, the establishment of the joint Redeployment Coordination Committee chaired by the United Nations, and the use of the revenues of the ports to support civil service salary payments.

The continuous violations by the forces of aggression in Hodeidah come in light of an international silence identifying the aggression and its crimes against the Yemeni people.

Recently, a UN-brokered truce in Yemen 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.

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 truce has been renewed for an additional two months through 2 October, UN Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, announced on Tuesday.
The extension includes a commitment by the Saudi-led aggression and the Salvation Government to intensify negotiations to reach an expanded agreement as soon as possible.