Pak Sahafat – “Ahmad Abul Ghait”, the Secretary General of the Arab League, expressed concern about the consequences of not renewing the ceasefire in Yemen, which ended yesterday Sunday.
According to Pak Sahafat News Agency, citing the Lebanese website Al-Nashrah, Abul Ghait stated on Monday: The dangerous humanitarian situation in Yemen is an urgent priority, and ending the ceasefire may set the crisis back a few steps.
Based on this report, The Secretary General of the Arab League called on the Yemenis to “prioritize the interest of their country over everything else and join the efforts to extend the humanitarian ceasefire in order to reduce the severity of the hardships and problems of the Yemeni nation until the people of this country can enjoy security as have the natural right to live and move freely in their own land.”
Abul Ghait announced that the Arab League welcomes regional and international efforts to extend the ceasefire in Yemen.
He emphasized: A humanitarian ceasefire in Yemen should last longer and cover more issues.
The Secretary General of the Arab League reminded: Despite the repeated violation of the previous ceasefire, it allowed the Yemeni people to breathe and reduced the violence and made it possible for the international community to provide humanitarian aid.
In this regard, Hans Grundberg, the UN Secretary General’s special envoy for Yemen affairs, announced on Sunday night that no agreement has been reached to extend the ceasefire, and said that he will continue to negotiate with all parties involved in Yemen to reach a quick agreement.
Grundberg’s comments come as a ceasefire in Yemen ended on Sunday without an agreement to extend it.
Muhammad Abd al-Salam, the head of Yemen’s negotiating team, called the news of some media about the extension of the ceasefire false, and the negotiating team of the National Salvation Government of Yemen also announced in a statement on Saturday night that the Saudi coalition is not looking for peace in Yemen.
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The statement of the National Salvation Government’s Negotiating Board stated: Yemen refrained from frequent violations during the ceasefire period to give more time to the efforts of the United Nations and other brotherly countries.
The Negotiating Board of National Salvation Government has added: After 6 months of this ceasefire, we did not see any seriousness to solve the humanitarian issues and unfortunately it became clear that after losing all their cards, the aggressor countries had no choice but to target the livelihood of the Yemeni people and it was the easiest.
The ceasefire in Yemen, which has been repeatedly violated by the aggressor Saudi coalition, was extended once before following UN consultations. The 2-month extension of this ceasefire ended on August 11, which was extended again and ended yesterday, October 10.
Earlier, Mehdi Al-Mashat, the head of the Supreme Political Council of Yemen, said that the ceasefire in Yemen has been almost destroyed by its repeated violations by the Saudi coalition.
In this regard, the Supreme Political Council of Yemen announced on Sunday night in a statement warning the aggressor countries: Our forces will target the aggressors’ ports, airports and oil companies.
This council declared: If the aggression and siege of Yemen continues, our armed forces will not be idle.
The Supreme Political Council of Yemen called on the aggressor countries to end their aggression and blockade immediately.
Saudi Arabia, in the form of a coalition of several Arab countries, including the UAE, and with the help and green light of the United States and the support of the Zionist regime, started large-scale attacks against Yemen – the poorest Arab country – from April 6, 2017.
After 7 years of invading Yemen and killing thousands of people and destroying the country’s infrastructure, these countries not only did not achieve their goals, but they were forced to accept a ceasefire following the missile and drone strikes of the Yemeni armed forces deep into their territory.
This truce, which has lasted for 6 months, has been violated thousands of times by the aggressors, and they have refused to implement some of its clauses.