Yemeni officials in Riyadh accuse UAE and Saudi Arabia of "slaughtering" legitimacy

A Yemeni government source confirmed the arrival of Yemeni officials to Saudi Arabia, while Riyadh called on the warring parties in Aden for an "urgent meeting" in the kingdom, amid accusations of the UAE and Saudi Arabia of "slaughtering" legitimacy in Yemen.

The Anatolia news agency quoted the source, who preferred to remain anonymous, as saying that Ahmed al-Maisari, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior in the Yemeni government, along with Transport Minister Saleh al-Jubani, and the commander of the fourth military zone arrived in the Saudi capital of Riyadh on Saturday evening, aboard a Saudi plane took them from Aden. .

This came after the control of the forces of the Transitional Council backed by the United Arab Emirates Palace presidential palace in Aden (southern Yemen) on Saturday.

In the meantime, Riyadh called for an "urgent meeting" of the warring Yemeni parties in Aden. To discuss differences, to give prudence and dialogue, to renounce division, to stop strife and to unite. "

UAE - Saudi Statement
In a statement published by the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA), the Saudi-UAE alliance called on all components and military formations of the Transitional Council and the security belt forces to immediately return to their positions and withdraw from the positions they had taken over the past days and not to prejudice public property.

Coalition spokesman Colonel Tayyar Turki al-Maliki said the coalition command "demands an immediate ceasefire in the Yemeni interim capital of Aden as of 1:00 pm (Saturday), and confirms that it will use military force against anyone who violates that." .

The coalition statement also stressed that it would not hesitate to confront anyone who violates this declaration and seeks to continue fighting and sedition and harm security and stability, or encroachment on state institutions in the interim Yemeni capital.

However, in a statement on behalf of the Republic of Yemen, the Yemeni Foreign Ministry blamed the UAE and the Southern Transitional Council for the coup d'état on legitimacy in Aden.

The foreign ministry statement said the UAE-backed transitional council's coup against legitimacy violated the main objective of the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy. It also called on the UAE to halt its financial and military support for rebel formations and militias against the state.

"Slaughtering Legitimacy"
Abdul Aziz Jabbari, deputy speaker of the Yemeni parliament, accused the leadership of the UAE-Saudi alliance of "slaughtering legitimacy." You slaughtered legitimacy from vein to vein.

The leader of the General People's Congress of Yemen, Yasser Al-Yamani, told Al-Jazeera that the UAE and Saudi Arabia remained for four silent days, at a time when the Presidential Guard martyrs and sacrifices to maintain legitimacy, and then after the coup yesterday issued a statement.

Al-Yamani explained that the statement of the Saudi-UAE alliance on the control of the presidential palace in Aden is a "meager play", indicating that the alliance dropped President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi in Aden as he did with him in Sanaa.

Yemeni Deputy Foreign Minister Mohammed Abdullah al-Hadrami described the armed confrontations in Aden as a coup led by the Southern Transitional Council, saying that what happened was "a coup against the legitimate state institutions that the coalition came to Yemen to restore and support after the Houthi coup in 2014."

Yemeni Minister of State Abdul Ghani Jamil said that what was going on in Aden and earlier in Sana'a was supported and financed by the UAE, adding that the UAE-backed scenario had been strictly applied north and south with allegations of expulsion of the Islamic State and Islah.

In turn, Yemeni Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and Shura Council Affairs Mohammed al-Humairi said that the legitimate government is facing the potential and arms of the UAE.