Saudi Ambassador to Yemen Mohammed Al Jaber said on Saturday that the port of Hodeidah "will be a lifeline for all Yemenis once it is liberated,” instead of the exploited trafficking route pumping arms to Houthi militias it is today.
Following his meeting with UAE Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Nahyan Al-Nahyan and ambassadors of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council to Saudi Arabia, Al Jaber stressed that the Kingdom alongside Arab coalition countries back Yemen’s internationally-recognized government and national army in their mission to retake territory controlled by Iran-backed militias.
Al Jabr pointed out that the liberation of Hodeidah city and its strategic port will directly serve as “an act of relief and relief from the grip and terror of Houthi militias, which exploit the port to serve personal agendas and smuggle weapons from Iran, prolong the war and impoverish and starve the Yemeni people.”
He added in a statement published by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) that “the Arab coalition will work immediately after the liberation of the port to deliver relief and humanitarian aid.”
An initiative was launched two days ago to deliver relief to all areas of Yemen.
Al Jaber explained that the political solution - based on the Gulf initiative and its executive mechanisms, the outputs of the Yemeni national dialogue and Security Council resolution 2216 - is what the coalition and the international community are seeking to abide by and which the Houthi militias have constantly rejected.
On the humanitarian work of the coalition countries, the envoy said that all of what is achieved and planned to aid Yemenis is mapped out “through a comprehensive humanitarian operations plan launched by the Arab coalition in January.”
“The plan includes several projects including raising the capacity of Yemeni ports and setting up rehabilitation projects in Yemen. The Kingdom, the UAE and Kuwait also provided over a third of the international contributions to the UN humanitarian response plan in Yemen.”
The Yemeni army announced on Saturday that it had regained full control of Hodeidah’s airport dealing a strong blow to Houthi coup militias on the fourth day of military operation Golden Victory aimed at recapturing the city and its strategic harbor.
