The Yemeni government expressed shock towards international accusations made against the Saudi-led Arab Coalition on purported involvement in two terror attacks targeting Hodeida's Al-Thawra Hospital and the fish market.
The August 2 attack killed and wounded dozens of civilians. Accusations were made despite the coalition proving it did not carry out any operations in the port city.
Technical evidence was submitted to the UN Security Council and made public. It showed that strikes on the two targets resulted from mortars fired from Houthi-held posts.
“The Yemeni Government considers such accusations, most recently issued by the European Union's statement, to confirm that many people pay little attention to objective facts and are driven by their own predispositions to acquit Houthi militias which have carried out attacks against maritime navigation lanes south-east the Red Sea and Bab Al-Mandeb Strait,” the Yemeni Foreign Ministry said in a statement published by the Yemeni News Agency (Saba).
“Keeping silent towards these crimes and breaches of the International Law is sending wrong messages to putschist militia, a matter the Yemeni Government has repeatedly warned against and will allow for prolonging the war,” it added.
The statement noted that the Government reaffirmed that the only approach to ending the war waged by Iran-backed Houthi coupists is abiding by UNSC resolutions, namely 2216 of 2015, the Gulf Initiative and its operational mechanism and the Yemeni National Dialogue outcomes.
The International Community should shoulder its duties in upholding international peace and security, and denounce Iran's destabilizing regional aggression.
“The Yemeni Government has frequently stated that it is fully committed to protect the civilians and save them from any harm nationwide, and is very keen to comply with the law of war, Geneva 4 agreements and all of which is in relevance,” the statement added.
More so, the internationally-recognized government held Houthi militias fully accountable for the appalling violations of International and Humanitarian Laws.
