Prince Khalid bin Salman: We will always be committed to ‘our brothers in Yemen’
JEDDAH: The commitment of the Kingdom and ally United Arab Emirates to
the Yemeni people is historic and will endure, the Saudi ambassador to
the US said Wednesday.
“KSA and UAE have always been and will always be committed to our brothers in Yemen,” Prince Khalid bin Salman said in a Tweet.
On Tuesday, Saudi Arabia and the UAE announced a $500 million package
for Yemen in response to the food crisis to support more than 10 million
people.
Prince Khalid blamed the Iranian-backed Houthis for breaking a recent ceasefire in the country.
“Houthis announced a ceasefire in which they said they will halt all
missile attacks against Coalition countries and Yemeni forces. 13 hours
later, they launched a missile targeting Maidi. This is consistent with
their pattern of lying and violating commitments.”
“This is after all consistent with their Iranian masters’ playbook. On
Yemen, while the Iranian Foreign Minister denies any involvement, the
IRGC Deputy Commander Hossein Salami boasts of ‘new bases from the
Mediterranean to the Red Sea',” he added.
A Saudi-led military coalition intervened in Yemen in 2015, backing government forces fighting the Houthi militia.
Earlier Wednesday, UN envoy Martin Griffiths flew to Sanaa for talks
with Houthi leaders as he attempts to revive a peace process that
collapsed in acrimony in Switzerland in September when the Houthis
failed to show up.
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