The Chairman of the Supreme Revolutionary Committee of Yemen, Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, has dismissed the Saudi-led coalition’s extension of a unilateral ceasefire in the war-ravaged Arab country by one month, saying Yemenis are expecting serious actions rather than words, which are simply media maneuver.
According to Press TV, Houthi wrote in a post published on his Twitter page on Saturday “Over the past two weeks, what we witnessed ran counter to what was declared since there were upticks in bombardments as well as escalation [of clashes] on all fronts by the alliance.”
The remarks came a day after the Saudi-led military coalition decided to “extend the ceasefire for a month,” according to its Spokesman Turki al-Maliki, the state-run Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.
A two-week ceasefire in Yemen announced earlier by the alliance expired on Thursday, without leading to a permanent truce.
Violence continued in several provinces, including Ma’rib, a stronghold of Saudi-backed militiamen loyal to Yemen's former President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, throughout the period.
Aid groups worry that persisting fighting in the war-torn country could cause a catastrophe, and further undermine its already weakened ability to contain the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Yemen reported its first coronavirus case earlier this month in the oil-producing Southern Province of Hadhramaut, which is under the control of Saudi-sponsored Hadi loyalists.
The supreme national emergency committee for COVID-19 in Yemen said on April 10 the infected patient was identified in the port town of Ash Shihr, and he was in stable condition and receiving care.
Separately, the President of Yemen’s Supreme Political Council, Mahdi Mohammad al-Mashat, described the comprehensive solution plan submitted by the Ansarullah movement on a nationwide ceasefire and cessation of the ongoing Saudi-led blockade as promising and a practical way out of Yemen’s conflict.
On April 9, Ansarullah presented to the United Nations a comprehensive peace plan aimed at ending the conflict in Yemen.
The plan reportedly consists of three pivotal issues: it demands a ceasefire and a complete halt to the Saudi-led onslaught, abolition of the tight blockade imposed on Yemen, adoption of economic and humanitarian measures and initiation of the inter-Yemeni political process.
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