The delegation of Hadramaut Governorate (eastern Yemen) has arrived in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, to participate in the kingdom-sponsored consultations between the Yemeni parties with the aim of forming a new government.
The "Hadramout Conference" (a gathering of different personalities in the governorate) stated in a statement that the delegation arrived on Friday evening on a private plane to Riyadh.
The statement added that the delegation's departure to Riyadh comes in response to a "generous invitation" from Saudi Arabia to negotiate participation in dialogues and understandings of the political settlement currently under way.
He explained that the delegation consists of 4 personalities, its head is Eng. Abu Bakr Ahmed Al-Serri, and the members are: Tariq Salem Al-Akbari, Judge Akram Naseeb Al-Amri, Brigadier Mohammed Awad Al-Ali.
Last Wednesday, the "Hadhramaut Alliance" (the largest tribal bloc in the governorate) and the "Hadhramaut Combined Conference" announced the formation of a negotiating delegation to participate in the Riyadh negotiations on forming the new government.
The formation of the delegation came after 5 days after the alliance and the conference rejected the marginalization of Hadramout in consultations led by Saudi Arabia to form the new government according to the Riyadh agreement, and threatened it with a decisive position in the event of a quick and urgent response to its demands, and stressed at the time that Hadramout was entitled to one of the three presidencies (referring to the claim As prime minister in the prospective government).
Hadramout is distinguished by its strategic importance in Yemen in terms of wealth, area and location. The governorate, which is within the framework of what is known as the southern governorates, is the largest governorate of Yemen, and represents a third of the entire country.
Major components in Hadhramaut, which are rich in oil wealth, and a number of oil companies - the most important of which is the state company (Petromasila) - are working to impose the province as a main party in the political equation, amid fears that the southern-backed Transitional Council in the Emirates will obtain the largest share of shares and positions The new government, which will be divided in the southern and northern governorates.
These developments come in light of the Saudi-sponsored movement to bring the views between the government and the transitional council - which demands the separation of southern Yemen from its north - to implement the stalled Riyadh agreement and stop the tension between the two sides in the southern provinces.
The Riyadh agreement includes the formation of a government of political efficiencies not exceeding 24 ministers divided equally between the southern and northern governorates.
Fabricate chaos
In a related context, the organizing committee of the sit-in of the people of Al-Mahra Governorate (eastern Yemen) revealed what it said were moves by the Southern Transitional Council to create chaos in their governorate.
"The council, backed by the UAE and Saudi Arabia, seeks to topple state institutions and tear the social fabric in the province of Mahrah," the committee said in a statement posted on its Facebook page.
The committee was surprised by the synchronization of these movements with the efforts of the local authority to sign a charter that brings together the people of the province and keeps them away from conflicts.
And she warned that the skilled people will not make their province an arena for the tools of the occupation, stressing that Socotra's scenario will not be repeated, according to what was stated in the statement.
The committee stated that it suspended its effectiveness due to the repercussions of the spread of the Corona virus, and in order to give the local authority an opportunity to study the demands submitted by the Skilled Peaceful Sit-in Committee and work to implement them.
The people of Al-Mahra Governorate (east of Yemen) bordering the western borders of the Sultanate of Oman have been organizing an open sit-in since 2018, rejecting the presence of Saudi and Emirati forces and their control over the governorate's ports and ports.
The protesters are calling for the withdrawal of the Saudi and Emirati forces from Al-Ghaydah Airport and an active port, and for the return of the Yemeni army and security forces to the cargo and Sarfit ports.
The UAE tried to form forces loyal to it in Al-Mahra, similar to its forces in southern Yemen, which confiscated the government of President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi and took control of the ports and airports in Aden, Mukha, Mukalla, and Socotra, but clashed with the rejection of the people and tribesmen in the governorate, which constituted a national and security dimension of the Sultanate of Oman.
After the failure of Abu Dhabi, Saudi Arabia deployed large forces in the province in late December 2017, and took control of the shipping and disposal ports on the Omani border, and justified this by protecting the borders and preventing Iranian weapons smuggling to the Houthis through the Sultanate.