Al-Houthi calls for banning Saudi products from entering Yemen in response to suspension of imports from Lebanon

SANAA, Oct. 30 (YPA) – Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, a member of the Supreme Political Council, on Saturday called on the  National Salvation government to ban Saudi products from entering areas, which are under the  control of the Sanaa government, in response to a similar decision  taken by Riyadh against Lebanese products.

” If Saudi Arabia bans Lebanon’s products due to stance taken by Lebanese Information Minister George Kurdahi, I call on the National Salvation Government to hold an emergency meeting  and issue a decision to ban Saudi products from entering Yemen,” Mohamme Ali Al-Houthi said in a tweet

On Friday evening, Saudi Arabia has ordered the Lebanese ambassador to leave the country within 48 hours, and stopped all imports from Lebanon, in response to comments by a Lebanese minister who described the war in Yemen as “Saudi aggression.”

Bahrain took similar measures and expelled the Lebanese ambassador.

E.M