YEMEN Press Agency

Coastal Defense Forces’ Commander: “Yemeni coasts are not for picnic”

SANAA, Jan. 03 (YPA) – The Commander of the Coastal Defense Forces of the National Salvation Government, Major General Mohammed Al-Qadri, on Monday stressed that “the Yemeni coasts are not for a picnic”, vowing to stop anyone enters the national waters illegally.

Al-Qadri said, in a press statement this evening on the holding of the Emirati military cargo ship: “Whoever dares to enter our territorial waters without internationally recognized procedures, we will stop him.”

He affirmed that the naval and coastal forces warned the Saudi-led coalition more than once that all their movements were being monitored; explaining that the Emirati military ship entered Yemeni waters at midnight yesterday, Sunday, and was under surveillance for a while.

“We are the ones who protect international waters, and everyone saw the falsehood of the coalition, and that the ship was not carrying medical supplies and was on its way to the port of Mocha,” Al-Qadri added.

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