The head of the Supreme Council of the Southern Revolutionary Movement in Yemen, Hassan Ba’oum, expressed his rejection of any political agreement that does not meet the aspirations of the people of the South Yemeni and their right to establish their state.
Ba’oom’s comments come in reference to the Riyadh agreement signed between the Yemeni government and the southern transitional council supported by the UAE.
Ba’oum said that he directed the leaders of the movement in the provinces to escalate what he described as the revolutionary work, and the formation of committees to communicate with the leaders in the southern provinces, confirming his return soon to Yemen.
A few days ago, the Saudi Press Agency reported that the Kingdom submitted to the Yemeni government and the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council a mechanism to accelerate work in implementing the Riyadh agreement that includes the continuation of the ceasefire between the legitimate government and the Council.
The agency said in a statement that the Saudi mechanism includes assigning the Yemeni prime minister to form a government of political efficiencies within 30 days.
It also includes issuing the decision to form members of the government equally divided between the north and the south, including the ministers nominated by the transitional council.
Mechanisms and approval
The mechanism includes the announcement of the transitional council to abandon self-administration, implement the Riyadh agreement, appoint a governor and security director for Aden governorate, exit the military forces from Aden out of the governorate, separate the forces of the two parties in Abyan and return them to their previous locations.
The agency quoted an official source as saying that the Yemeni government and the Transitional Council expressed their approval of the mechanism provided by Riyadh, and agreed to start work on it.
The agreement brokered by Saudi Arabia last November was called the "Riyadh Agreement," and the negotiation came after the southern transitional council took control of Aden, the de facto headquarters of the internationally recognized Yemeni government.
The Riyadh agreement, which aims to reorganize all the military factions and form an equal government between north and south, has not been implemented.