Sanaa airport closed over steadfast pro-Palestine stance: Minister
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Sanaa's Minister of Transport says the pressures imposed by the US-Saudi aggression coalition would not affect Sanaa's positions or halt the YAF's operations in support of Gaza.
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Sanaa's Minister of Transport, Major General Abdulwahab al-Durra (SABA)
The ongoing aggressive actions leading to the complete shutdown of Sanaa International Airport were in response to Yemen's steadfast stance on the Palestinian cause, affirmed Sanaa's Minister of Transport, Major General Abdulwahab al-Durra.
Al-Durra made it clear that the humanitarian and economic pressures imposed by the US-Saudi coalition of aggression would not affect Sanaa's positions or halt the operations of the Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF) in support of Gaza.
In a statement preceding a protest, al-Durra announced full authorization for Sanaa's Revolutionary Leadership to take appropriate actions to confront enemies and reform state institutions, granting absolute authority to Yemeni leader Sayyed Abdul-Malik al-Houthi in any decisions to secure the rights of the Yemeni people and confront economic escalation by the Saudi regime.
Sanaa's Minister of Transport stressed that the Yemeni leadership is determined to reopen all airports and ports to various destinations and rejects partial solutions.
He pointed out that over two years since a de-escalation agreement, Yemenis have endured much due to the Saudi coalition's delays in opening agreed-upon routes.
Al-Durra expressed support for the powerful and clear positions of Sayyed al-Houthi defending the rights and interests of the Yemeni people and countering plots to starve them.
On July 7, Sayyed al-Houthi said the United States was still trying to implicate the Saudi regime after its military failure, revealing that Saudi Arabia was threatened with being pushed into hostility, amid several American-Saudi visits relating to the issue.
The Yemeni leader pointed out that Saudi Arabia did not retract its decision despite the advice and warnings, and after transferring the banks from the Yemeni capital, it moved to disable Sanaa's airport and stop flights despite its limitations and narrow margin.
Sayyed al-Houthi drew out an equation that everything would be met with reciprocity, “banks with banks, Riyadh airport with Sanaa airport, and ports with ports," outlining Yemen's responses to aggression.
"We will not stand idly by in the face of their absurd moves and watch our people starve and their economic situation collapse," Sayyed al-Houthi affirmed, stressing that being preoccupied with the direct battle to support Gaza does not mean inaction regarding the issue.
Elsewhere, he described Saudi harassment of Yemeni banks, private banks, and companies as "unjust aggressive steps that cannot be accepted or overlooked."
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