Deputy Foreign Minister of Sana’a: The Yemeni People Have Decided to Secure All Their Rights

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates in Sana’a, Abdul Wahid Abu Ras, affirmed that the Yemeni people “have decided today to secure all their rights, not just flights, and without begging from anyone.”

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Abu Ras stated in a statement to “Saba” news agency that what some airlines announce regarding the resumption of their flights to Sana’a Airport is “their own affair,” referring to what the Jordanian television announced regarding the completion of “Royal Jordanian’s” procedures to resume its flights to Sana’a.

Abu Ras described those announcements as “trivial bids in a sensitive situation.”

A source in the Sana’a negotiating delegation had stated that “any announcement of opening flights to Sana’a International Airport is a welcome step, provided it comes within a clear agreement with the competent authorities in Sana’a, ensuring the complete end of guardianship over Yemen, and without subjection to any restrictions or preconditions.”

The delegation source clarified that the fundamental and firm demand of the Yemeni people is “to open the airport to all international destinations without exception.”

He indicated that the (Royal Jordanian) announcement is an attempt to bypass the just sovereign demands, saying: “These attempts aim to bypass the Yemeni people’s demands with formal steps that can stop at any turn and under any pretext, and be used for blackmail and bargaining as soon as the Saudi regime calls.”

He affirmed that “the matter is no longer limited to the airport file alone, but to all humanitarian files, foremost among them the payment of salaries of all Yemeni employees and other humanitarian files.”

It is noteworthy that talk of resuming new flights to Sana’a Airport coincided with massive demonstrations witnessed in the capital and a number of Yemeni governorates, supporting the anticipated options that the leader of Ansar Allah, Abdul-Malik Al-Houthi, announced his intention to take to break the siege and Saudi guardianship over the country, in response to the Kingdom’s recent escalation and targeting of Sana’a Airport at the beginning of last week.