UN should set reopening of Sana’a airport as number-one priority: Yemeni official

AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): The chairman of Yemen's Supreme Political Council says the United Nations should set the reopening of Sana'a airport as its first priority, as tens of thousands of critically ill Yemeni patients are in need of life-saving treatment abroad amid a crippling Saudi-led siege.

During a meeting with visiting UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg in Sana’a on Tuesday, Mahdi al-Mashat stated that the patients are stranded with the airport closure, stressing the need for the removal of restrictions on the entry of vessels carrying oil derivatives and natural gas into the port of Hudaydah and the lifting of the Saudi-led siege.

“Members of the [Riyadh-led] coalition of aggression must adhere to their obligations concerning the humanitarian dimension of the [UN-brokered] truce. Thousands of patients are expectantly waiting for the reopening of Sana’a airport, so that they can travel abroad for treatment,” Mashat noted.

Earlier, Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, head of Yemen’s Supreme Revolutionary Committee, questioned the purpose of the UN envoy's visit to the country, especially as the logical and legitimate demands of the popular Ansarullah resistance movement have not been met yet.

“Have banking services and payroll been resumed, or the pledges made by the United States about the transfer of patients been fulfilled? What has really been done?” Houthi wrote in a post published on his Twitter page.

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