Sanaa refers request to extend UN-brokered truce to study
SANAA, May 18 (YPA) – The Supreme Political Council in Sanaa referred on Wednesday the request to extend the UN-brokered armistice to study according to the evaluation of the current phase of the armistice, which will end on the second of next June.
The Council, in its meeting headed by President Mahdi Al-Mashat, directed taking into account the extent of the coalition’s commitment to the current truce’s items, with placing the opening of roads in Taiz and other provinces to alleviate the suffering of citizens according to the terms of the truces and its priorities.
The council stressed the importance of the commitment of the United Nations and the coalition controlling oil and gas wealth, port revenues, and the operations of the Central Bank, whose functions were transferred to Aden, to pay the overdue all state’s employee salaries and ensure the sustainability of their disbursement, as this comes within the humanitarian file.
The meeting expressed its dissatisfaction with the obstruction of the arrival of ships of oil derivatives to the port of Hodeida, the delay in the conduct of flights, the failure to open the destination of Cairo so far, and the negligence of the United Nations in carrying out its duty.
It stressed that the failure to compensate the number of ships and flights and their destinations would threaten the chances of extending the truce that the coalition demanded and affects the credibility of the United Nations and its envoy.
The council reiterated its firm stance towards the just and honorable peace that enhances the sovereignty and independence of Yemen.
It also stressed that dealing seriously with the humanitarian file without fragmentation to alleviate the suffering of the Yemeni people, who have suffered from siege and aggression for more than seven years, is the correct approach to that.
In this context, the supreme council saluted the steadfastness of the Yemeni people who are facing the siege, the economic and media war, and the conspiracies of the coalition of aggression and its mercenaries.
It praised the role of the heroes of the army and popular forces on the various fronts of pride and dignity, calling for constant combat vigilance.
The council indicated that “there are many military arrangements and preparations made by the coalition side and its mercenaries, despite the announced truce.
In addition, the meeting congratulated the Yemeni people the 32nd anniversary of the blessed Yemeni unity, wishing that the 33rd anniversary would come and Yemen would achieve freedom and independence and expel the occupation and foreign forces from every inch of Yemen.
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