Saudi Arabia expels al-Bahsani from ‘Hadrami Factions’ Conference’ in Riyadh

HADRAMOUT, May 29 (YPA) – Saudi Arabia expelled on Sunday, a member of Saudi-led coalition’s Presidential Leadership Council in southern Yemen.

According to media sources, the Saudi ambassador to Yemen, Mohammed al-Jaber, told Faraj al-Bahsani that he was undesirable on the territory of the kingdom.

Al-Bahsani had appeared earlier in the Egyptian capital Cairo after failing to lead a coup against the Hadrami Conference in Saudi Arabia.

It was not known what are motivations for expulsion of al-Bahsani; whether it was part of the Saudi arrangements to celebrate the declaration of Hadramout as a region or because he joined the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council  (STC ) after he was appointed deputy chairman of the council.

It is noteworthy that Al-Bahsani had rejected directives of the Saudi monarchy to resume participation in the meetings of the Presidential Council in Riyadh and continued to boycott the Council in protest against the failure to implement its demands represented in empowering him in Hadramout militarily and administratively.

Saudi Arabia has also recently begun to empower the governor of the coalition in Hadramout, Mabkhout bin Madi, by coordinating meetings with ambassadors of regional and international countries as a representative of the oil-rich governorate.

E.M