Ministry of Tourism calls for protecting Island of Socotra

SANAA, Aug. 28 (YPA) – Acting Minister of Tourism Ahmed Al-Ali called on the UNESCO World Heritage Committee and the International Union for Conservation of Nature to put pressure on the Saudi-Emirati aggressive coalition to stop destroying Socotra Archipelago.

Al-Ali called in a statement for an international action to address the destructive actions that threaten the ecological and vital system of the Socotra Archipelago.

He further called upon UNESCO and the International Union to send a joint committee to assess the effects resulting by the coalition of aggression in archipelago.

Al-Ali explained that the coalition of aggression turned the archipelago into a center of conflict between its mercenaries, which must be stopped immediately

He pointed out that sending military forces to the island, building camps and resorts that destroy coral reefs, building factories for the export of fish and dredging coral reefs are also among those actions.

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