UN confirms Huthi withdrawal from Hodeidah ports and government skeptical

The United Nations announced that the withdrawal of the Houthis from the ports of Hodeidah is proceeding according to plans, and stated that the Yemeni government agreed to implement its commitment to the redeployment agreement, but the government accused the Houthis of deception under the eyes of the United Nations.

"The United Nations teams observed the three ports simultaneously with the withdrawal of troops and the Coast Guard took responsibility for security," said Michael Lolsgaard, head of the UN's Redeployment Coordination Committee, on Sunday. "He said.

Lolsgaard explained that the Yemeni government has agreed to implement its commitment under the first phase of the redeployment agreement, noting that the activities of the UN mission in the following days will focus on the removal of military manifestations and demining, and will prepare an official assessment of the redeployment process on Tuesday.

The United Nations humanitarian coordinator in Yemen, Liz Grande, described to the island the process of redeploying the Houthis in the three Hodeidah ports in a positive step in support of the commitments made by the parties to the conflict during the Stockholm talks and said the United Nations was closely following the completion of this process by next Tuesday.

Grandi said disarmament from the ports of Hodeidah, Ras Issa and Salih helped deliver food, medicine and fuel to 20 million Yemenis more quickly.

A statement from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) said that with the departure of the military and security forces, the program will begin to improve port efficiency and productivity through the development of its facilities, including observation towers, pavements and navigation channels.

The Houthis announced yesterday that they began to carry out the redeployment from the three ports of Hodeidah within a four-day plan, but Yemeni Transport Minister Saleh al-Jubwani said on Twitter that Houthi handed over ports to other elements of his militias in civilian clothes, accusing UN envoy Martin Griffith in collusion with al-Houthi In this "farce".

The Yemeni government agreed with the Houthis last December in Stockholm to withdraw the Huthi forces from the province of Hodeidah and its ports by January 7, in preparation for negotiations to end the war, and delayed implementation of the withdrawal because of differences between the parties.