Yemen Government affirms its absolute rejection of the acts of maritime piracy carried out by the Houthi militias recently.

The Yemeni Government affirms its absolute rejection of the acts of maritime piracy carried out by the Houthi militias recently, with the full support of the Iranian regime, in Yemeni territorial waters, which represents a serious threat to maritime navigation and international peace and security.

These terrorist acts would deepen the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, and double the economic burdens, insurance, and sea freight costs on ships heading to Yemeni ports.

Such terrorist attacks will also be in the interest of foreign powers, including turning Yemeni territorial waters into a theater of conflict and increasing the occupying Israeli state’s influence and other armed groups in the region.

The Yemeni Government confirms that these terrorist attacks are a result of the international community’s reluctance to deter the actions of the Houthi militias, which over the past years have launched dozens of armed robberies and naval bomb attacks against commercial ships of various nationalities, oil installations, and civilian infrastructure in neighboring countries.

The Yemeni Government reaffirms that the best way to show solidarity and support for the Palestinian just cause is to unite the Arab and Islamic position in confronting the arrogance of the occupying Israeli state, and to pressure it to stop its crimes and flagrant violations of human rights in Gaza to enable access of relief to the besieged Palestinian people there.

The Yemeni Government reiterates its strong position in support of the Palestinians’ right to self-defense, and establishing their independent and full sovereign state.