Al-Yamani said during his remarks on Wednesday (10/6/2020) of the "Beyond the News" program that Abu Dhabi aims to disrupt the export of oil and gas from areas that are not controlled by the forces loyal to it in southern Yemen.
In turn, journalist Asaad Bishara pointed out that the UAE places a "black mark" on some components of Yemeni legitimacy, and the control of the forces of political Islam on them is unacceptable, and that this trend complicates the dispute between the Southern Transitional Council and the legitimate government, as it fuels the conflict and weakens the coalition's efforts, Consequently, coexistence between the parties in southern Yemen within one project became impossible.
Bishara also denied the existence of collusion between Saudi Arabia and the UAE and that the opposite is true, reminding that the Kingdom strived for the success of the Riyadh agreement while its counterpart failed it, and that Riyadh deals "pragmatically" with the legitimate government and does not put a red line on its inclusion of forces affiliated with political Islam, while Abu Dhabi is more "Radical and decisive" in this regard.
For his part, Nabil Khoury, a former US State Department official, considered the legitimate government’s control of the oil sources in southern Yemen a "disturbing" matter for the UAE, which seeks to withdraw that paper in its favor through the forces loyal to it.