Yemeni officials in the legitimate government confirmed that the declaration of the Houthi militias, redeployed from the ports of Hodeidah, Salif and Ras Issa, was an inaccurate and misleading offer and a clone of the militia's earlier handover of the port of Hodeidah.
Yemeni Information Minister Muammar al-Iryani said that any unilateral spread that does not allow the principle of monitoring and joint verification of the implementation of the terms of the Swedish agreement is elusive and can not be accepted.
"We welcome any serious step towards the implementation of the Swedish agreement on the redeployment in the ports and the province of Hodeidah. We warn against attempts by the militias to mislead the international community and the Security Council before its next session and to prevent a firm stance from continuing in Obstruct the implementation of the terms of the Swedish agreement and undermine the efforts of peaceful solution ».
"The first step is the withdrawal of the Houthis from Salib and Ras Issa, the delivery of the United Nations' mine maps, the demining of mines and explosives, the removal of armed manifestations, the conduct and continuation of surveillance, the second step of the first phase of what Including the withdrawal of the Huthi militias from the main port of Hodeidah, the withdrawal of government forces from the K-8 and joint monitoring in all areas from which the withdrawal will take place. "
For his part, the governor of Hodeidah, Hassan Taher, told «AFP», that «the Houthis carry out a new play in Hodeidah handed over the port of Hodeidah, Salaf and Ras Issa for themselves, without international control or the government side, according to the mechanism of agreement», stressing that this step The United Nations, led by its envoy in Yemen, Martin Griffiths, bears the responsibility.
"Griffith wants to achieve victory, even if the Houthis hand over the ports to themselves, but this is completely rejected by us, and all the provisions of the agreement must be implemented, especially with regard to the identity of the forces that will be received from the Huthis."
For his part, the head of the government team in the Committee on the redeployment, the small Hamoud bin Aziz, the government's readiness to implement the first phase of the redeployment, as agreed, adding in a tweet on Twitter, that the head of the UN team, Michael Lawlessard , More than a letter in this regard, pointing out that «any unilateral spread without control and joint verification, is a trick to the implementation of the agreement, and a comic play like the previous, and will disgrace the United Nations».
In the same context, said the member of the government team in the redeployment committee, Ahmed Kokbani, the declaration of the Huthis for the start of unilateral withdrawal from the ports of Hodeidah, is only "evasion and escape from the implementation of the agreement Sweden," confirming the German news agency «dpa »This withdrawal is not guaranteed if there is no international control and government.
"We will wait until the end of the withdrawal and we will accept it if we are allowed to implement the second phase of it, which is the supervision and supervision of all parties."
"The United Nations should verify and monitor the exit of Huthi militias from ports and cities, remove mines, obstacles and military manifestations from all the city of Hodeidah, and hand over the mine maps to the government delegation." The government will not accept such a comical act as it did, Militias in the past.
The United Nations announced yesterday that the Huthi militias would begin a unilateral redeployment at the ports of Hodeidah, Salif and Ras Issa. The UN mission in Hodeidah would monitor the unilateral redeployment that the militias claimed to begin.
The UN announcement coincided with the World Food Program's condemnation that the grain and mill stores run by Hodeidah were fired by Iranian-backed Huthi militias two days ago. WFP spokesman Irvie Verheusel denounced the attacks on food stores and humanitarian aid, Millions of Yemenis are suffering from severe food shortages, noting that the program will send more technical teams and supplies to the Red Sea mills and called for safe access to these mills.
• Hodeidah Governor: The Houthis are carrying out a new play in Hodeidah by handing over the ports to themselves.