Truce not extended as Yemeni people demands not achieved: Sanaa
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The head of the Sanaa negotiating delegation, Muhammad Abdul Salam, announces the end of the truce in Yemen and holds the Saudi coalition responsible for not responding to the rightful demands of the Yemeni people.
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The Old City of Sanaa, Yemen (Shutterstock Photo)
The head of the Sanaa negotiating delegation Muhammad Abdul Salam announced on Thursday that "the truce has ended and was not extended due to the intransigence of the Saudi coalition towards the humanitarian demands and natural rights of the Yemeni people."
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The Saudi coalition "is obstinate in opening Sanaa International Airport and Al-Hudaydah port. It is also benefiting from its oil and gas resources and not giving the salaries of all Yemeni employees," Abdul Salam indicated.
"Peace in Yemen is not impossible if the countries of aggression abandon their superior mentality and put their national interests ahead of the interests of America and Britain -- the two countries benefiting from the continuation of the aggression and siege on Yemen."
In this context, the UN envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, expressed his regret over the failure to extend the truce in Yemen, warning "of the dangers of a renewed war in the country."
"The possibility of reaching an agreement to renew the armistice in Yemen still exists," Grundberg said.
The Head of the Supreme Political Council of Yemen Mahdi Al-Mashat affirmed on Wednesday the rejection of all inhumane measures taken against the Yemeni people.
Al-Mashat pointed out that the coalition's efforts aim to "deprive the Yemeni people of obtaining their salaries," noting that this "is one of the most basic human rights guaranteed by all the laws of the world."
"Any proposal stipulating the confiscation of the rights of some of the Yemeni people cannot be accepted," he confirmed, pointing out that "whoever rejects the rights of the Yemeni people is the one who rejects the truce."
Earlier, Yemeni Foreign Minister Hisham Sharaf confirmed that the failure of the other party to respond to Sanaa's purely humanitarian demands has now confirmed, beyond any doubt, the lack of seriousness in reaching a comprehensive and sustainable peaceful political settlement.
Sharaf pointed out that the events have proven to the world the validity of Sanaa's warnings, and that the other party was aiming by the formal extension of the truce to bring the country into a state of clinical death and make it live in a state of no peace and no war.
It is noteworthy that the armistice in Yemen expired on October 2, and the Sanaa negotiating delegation earlier held the Saudi-led coalition of aggression "responsible for the negotiations reaching a dead end due to their intransigence."
