The Vice President of the Republic, Lieutenant General Ali Mohsen Salih, met this evening, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, David Schenker, with the American Ambassador to our country, Christopher Hanzel, to discuss a number of issues and topics, foremost among which are the available peace prospects, the efforts made in this framework and aspects of cooperation. Between our two friendly countries, especially the field of fighting terrorism.
The Vice President praised the level of relations between the two friendly countries and the active role of the Americans in supporting the legitimacy and pushing forward the efforts to bring peace, as well as the common challenges that Yemen and America face, including cooperation in the fight against terrorism, stopping Iran’s sabotage ambitions in the region and protecting water and international waterways.
The Vice President noted the continuous escalation of the Houthi coup militia, with great support from Iran, its lack of commitment to the Stockholm understandings and its exploitation in the military escalation, and the multiplication of its ballistic and drone attacks on Yemeni cities and brothers in the Kingdom and their committing crimes that exceed what terrorist groups are practicing and their defiance and disdain for the international community and its decisions.
He stressed that this criminal approach of the Houthi coup group places the international community in front of a major responsibility in enforcing its international decisions, putting pressure on this group and its financiers in Tehran, maintaining global stability from various threats, and most importantly responding to popular, political and legal demands to criminalize this group and quickly include it on the lists of terrorism.
The Vice President also indicated, during the meeting, that the government’s priorities are to work to accelerate the implementation of the Riyadh Agreement, which was sponsored by the generous sponsorship of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in a way that would heal the rift and unify the ranks of Yemenis, noting that the Yemenis refused to accept the Iranian experience or the experience of a party. God in Yemen.
The Vice President touched on the good intentions demonstrated and demonstrating legitimacy under the leadership of His Excellency President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi, the President of the Republic, towards the international efforts aimed at bringing peace to our country at a time when the Houthi militias multiplied, with the support of Iran, complicating the military and political scene and exacerbating the human suffering of the Yemeni citizen, which has come to the fore. The most tragic situations in the world.
For his part, the US Assistant Secretary of State reiterated his country’s support for the legitimate government and its willingness to strengthen various areas of cooperation, including the field of combating terrorism, the US government’s support for the efforts of the UN envoy Martin Griffiths to bring peace, and its appreciation and call for the completion of the remainder of the Riyadh agreement to unite the Yemenis, expressing his happiness to meet the deputy The President of the Republic and his keenness to achieve lasting peace that ends the suffering of Yemenis.
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