Saudi ambassador imposes travel ban on officials through Aden airport

ADEN, April 23 (YPA) – Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Yemen, Mohammed al-Jaber, on Saturday banned the travel of a pro-Yemeni authority official through Aden airport in a bid to prevent the collapse of Riyadh consultations.

According to aviation sources, the directives ruled that the coalition operations room, run by Saudi officers, must agree on the travel of any government, parliament or presidential council officials, adding that airport authorities had prevented dozens of officials from travelling in the past hours because they did not receive coalition approval.

Saudi Arabia’s decision came as Saudi-backed  lawmakers and Shura officials began to leave the city for their permanent residence in Egypt and Jordan, which means an official failure of the stage that the Saudi ambassador is trying to market as a victory for his country in the form of pro-government forces, for which millions of riyals have been pumped in recent weeks.

Ambassador Al Jaber appeared in a television interview hinting at support for secession in a move described as a threat to the forces that left Aden, led by Sultan al-Burkani and Ahmed Obeid bin Dagher, and an attempt to pressure the other to stay.

E.M