Shocking statement made by head of international campaign to lift the siege on Sanaa airport regarding UN
SANAA, Nov. 29 (YPA) – Hamid Abdel Kader Antar, head of the International Campaign to lift the siege on Sana’a International Airport has said Saudi-led coalition has an embarrassing stance to world public opinion as a result of the continued closure of the airport to civilian flights.
Antar stressed that the international campaign was able to convey Yemen’s oppression to the outside world, and obtain the solidarity of dozens of international organizations and human rights activists, noting that they are putting pressure on the United Nations and the Saudi-led Coalition in order to quickly lift the siege of Sana’a airport.
“ The coalition claimed that Sanaa airport used for military purposes. This is not true and it is misleading and deceiving in order to escape from international pressure to lift the blockade and open the airport,” he said in a statement to 26 September newspaper.
The international campaign is moving towards the path of political and media escalation in all countries of the world to stage and organize protests that call for opening Sana’a International Airport to save patients, travelers, expatriates and students, stressing that Saudi money cannot triumph over morality, customs and international legal humanitarian conventions, according to the 26 September newspaper.
Antar conformed that the United Nations’ dealing with the demands of the Yemeni people to open Sana’a airport to civilian flights is not clear.
“Sometimes the UN strongly condemns the closure of the airport, and states that it demands the alliance of aggression to open the airport, pointing out that its role is negative and there is no seriousness from the international community to issue a binding international resolution to the coalition of aggression to open the airport,” he explained.
He said the campaign is escalating and planning to hold vigils in the coming days with members of the Yemeni community in America, Britain, Germany and some countries around the world to put pressures on the United Nations and the international community to open Sanaa International Airport unconditionally.
Antar concluded by Saying that “ the victories achieved by the army and popular committees on various fronts will impose on the enemy to strive for peace in Yemen and activate dialogue, diplomacy and a comprehensive political solution, to ensure that the suffering of the people for seven years of the war on Yemen is over”.
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