Saudi Arabia seeks no strong government formed in Yemen: Ansarullah

The spokesman for Yemen’s Ansarullah Movement says Saudi Arabia never wants a strong government to be formed in Yemen, but aspiring turn the war-hit country into a client state, as the Saudi-led military coalition continues with its ceaseless airstrikes against the impoverished nation.

“The one who has martyred the Yemeni people for almost the past four years and allowed Saudi-led mercenaries and foreign forces to enter the country is not representing a true government,” said Mohammed Abdul-Salam in an interview with the You News outlet on Monday.

He apparently referred to the so-called government of Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, Yemen’s former President and a staunch ally of Riyadh, which is only recognized by member states of the Saudi-led military coalition and some Western states.

Saudi Arabia and some of its allies, including the United Arab Emirates, Morocco and Sudan, launched a brutal war, code-named Operation Decisive Storm, against Yemen in March 2015 in an attempt to reinstall Hadi and crush the popular Ansarullah Movement, which plays a significant role in aiding the Yemeni army in defending the impoverished country against the invading coalition.

The movement has been running state affairs in the absence of an effective administration since the onset of the imposed war.

“The Yemeni people also harbor no hope in the United Nations since it cannot be effective under the strong influence of the United States and the UK, and hefty financial assistance that comes from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE),” Abdul-Salam further said.

Responding to the calls of disarmament of the Ansarullah Movement, he said that the crisis in Yemen could not be settled by disarming the Movement since huge amounts of weaponry and ammunition were being taken into Yemen on a daily basis by the invading coalition.

“We do not accept that the subject of weapons be reduced to us only,” he added, pointing out that there are large amounts of weapons in the hands of the al-Qaeda militant groups and other militant outfits.

He stressed that a political solution for defusing the current the years-old crisis in Yemen must be based on humanitarian and economic grounds in an attempt to heal to wounds of the Yemeni nation and to restore the country’s battered infrastructure.  

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