The governor of Socotra, Ramzi Mahrous, refused to establish military formations or security forces outside the framework of official institutions, and vowed not to allow the formation of the "security belt" in the province, as happened in other provinces.
In a speech at an expanded meeting of public figures in Socotra on Monday, Mahrous said the groups had split Yemenis and fueled conflicts.
Local sources told the island in March that UAE ships had begun to transport dozens of people and youths from the Socotra archipelago to Aden to train them in their own camps there.
According to the sources, Abu Dhabi aims to form militias loyal to them under the name of the "elite Alqqtarip", similar to the forces of the security belt in Aden, and elite in both Hadramout and Shabwa.
Socotra witnessed an unprecedented tension in May 2018 after the UAE sent military force to it.
The Yemeni government rejected the presence of any military or security formations in the Socotra archipelago along the lines of the security forces in Aden and other southern governorates.
The government said it rejects any forces that are established outside the ministries of defense and interior, warning that these security and military formations "will be doomed to the fate of armed militias that have no legal existence."