United Nations, New York, USA, May 20 2015 – Abdallah Yahya A. Al-Mouallimi (centre), Permanent Representative of Saudi Arabia to the UN, speaks to journalists, following a closed-door Security Council meeting on the situation in Yemen.
On the Photo: Also addressing reporters with him were Khaled Hussein Mohamed Alyemany (left), Permanent Representative of the Republic of Yemen; and Alya Ahmed Saif Al-Thani, Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar.
Credit: Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire
United Nations, New York, USA, May 23 2015 – Khaled Hussein Mohamed Alyemany, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Yemen to the UN, speaks to journalists, following a closed-door Security Council meeting on the situation in his country.
On the Photo: Khaled Hussein Mohamed Alyemany, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Yemen to the UN
Credit: Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire
Khaled Alyemany, Permanent Representative of Yemen:
“Our greatest concern is to defeat the greater enemy which is injecting its poison into the Yemeni body; this enemy that has kidnapped the State. Do you know what it means to kidnap the State? The destruction of State institutions, and the destruction of Yemen’s components. We in the Yemeni government attest to the fact that fighting terrorism is indeed an objective, and the Yemeni government considers it a major objective. It is the responsibility of the Yemeni government not the militias to defeat Al-Qaeda. Al-Qaeda is a major and priority target. We want to get rid of Al-Qaeda in the same way we want to get rid of the Huthi extremists and the followers of Iranian agendas in Yemen.”“I can assure you that Iran is not invited because this is a Yemeni led process and Iran is not included. Thank you.”
United Nations, New York, USA, May 23 2015 – Abdallah Yahya A. Al-Mouallimi, Permanent Representative of Saudi Arabia to the UN, speaks to journalists, following a closed-door Security Council meeting on the situation in Yemen.
On the Photo: Abdallah Yahya A. Al-Mouallimi, Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to UN
Credit: Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire
Abdallah Al-Mouallimi, Permanent Representative of Saudi Arabia:
“The decision to implement a humanitarian pause or not goes back to the coalition’s military commanders in Riyadh and will be taken based upon the military developments on the ground. It will not be influenced by any calls or requests. Of course, the Secretary-General can do as he pleases, and we respect all his actions; however, I believe that the Secretary-General will conduct the consultations in Geneva under all circumstances because the international community is calling for convening these consultations.”“The last time I checked, Iran was not a member of the GCC, was not a member of the League of Arab States, is not a contiguous neighbour to the State of Yemen, is not a Permanent Member of the Security Council, therefore, I don’t see what is the point? Why not invite Brazil? Why not invite others to the conference? There is no place for Iran in the consultations in Geneva. They have not been playing a constructive role and as such cannot be rewarded by having a seat at the table.”
So the War continuum…
Source: EuropaNewswire and UNTV.