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Yemen government accuses UN mission of misleading public opinion 

March 11, 2020 at 3:29 pm

Yemen’s Information Minister Muammar Al-Eryani, 11 March 2020 [Twitter]

The internationally-recognised Yemeni government has accused the Head of the UN Mission to Support the Hudaydah Agreement (UNMHA), Lieutenant General Abhijit Guha, of misleading public opinion over the violations committed by the Houthi militia.

Information Minister Muammar Al-Eryani expressed his “surprise” at General Guha’s statement that the air strikes launched by the Arab coalition against Houthis in Al-Salif threaten the implementation of the Hudaydah Agreement, in light of the low level of violence witnessed during the past few months. The strikes destroyed sites used to assemble and launch bomb-rigged boats that constituted a threat to maritime navigation.

In response, Al-Eryani said that the General’s remarks about “the low level of violence in Hudaydah” is misleading, given that there are dozens of daily violations committed by the Houthi militia.

“The government and the coalition will not allow the Houthi militia to take advantage of the [December 2018] Stockholm agreement to transform the ports of Hudaydah into factories and warehouses for booby-trapped boats and mines, and a launching pad for their terrorist operations that threaten international shipping lanes,” said the minister. He added that he holds the UNMHA responsible for the implementation of the terms of the pact.

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