Political meeting in Brussels to counter UAE-backed STC project

ADEN, Dec. 17 (YPA) – South Yemen Movement officials have revealed that they are stepping up their diplomatic moves to counter the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council Project, which seeks to exploit the southern cause to severe its interests.

Diplomatic sources confirmed, that the president of the Supreme Council of the Revolutionary Movement Fouad Rashid, arrived on Monday, in Brussels from Saudi Arabia, to participate in the so-called “southern meeting”.

The City of Brussels will host a meeting on Wednesday and Thursday, for a number of southern movement leaders, which is expected to involve a number of heads of southern political components and former presidents from the southern provinces.

The sources said that the meeting will focus on bringing the views of politicians from the southern provinces closer together and unifying their position in the upcoming Yemeni negotiations.

The upcoming meeting paves the way for a comprehensive political agreement for the southern issue, noting that the EU will continue to deepen its cooperation and support for the southern cause.

The sources confirmed that the meeting will be an important step to unite the ranks, to face the STC’s project, which seeks to exploit the southern issue for the sake of its interests, the Aden news agency reported.

According to the sources, the EU will play a major role in the next phase, in developing appropriate solutions to the southern issue.

E.M