RIYADH: UK Foreign Secretary Edward Miliband has renewed Britain’s solidarity with Saudi Arabia following the Houthi militia attacks, stressing the Kingdom’s right to take necessary measures to defend its security and capabilities in accordance with international law
Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah received a phone call on Saturday from the UK Foreign Secretary Miliband, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.
During the phone call, the two sides also discussed regional developments, according to SPA.
The two sides also discussed the importance of intensifying joint efforts to ensure the security and freedom of navigation in waterways, contributing to regional security and stability and protecting global trade and supply chains from the repercussions of the current crisis.
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Saudi Arabia urges UNSC to adopt clear stance on Houthi attacks
Saudi Arabia has strongly condemned the criminal attacks launched by the Houthi militia against civilian and economic facilities in the Kingdom’s cities, which injured 73 civilians, including women and children.
This came in a speech delivered by Saudi Arabia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Dr. Abdulaziz Alwasil during an emergency session of the UN Security Council convened to discuss the Houthi militia’s attacks against the Kingdom.
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Saudi Ambassador Alwasil warned of the seriousness of the Houthi escalation and its repercussions for regional security. He stressed that the attacks threaten not only the Kingdom’s security, citizens, and assets, but also international navigation and trade in the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandab Strait.
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He called on the UN Security Council to adopt a clear, firm stance on these attacks and fulfil its responsibility to maintain international peace and security.
He also stressed the need to ensure the full implementation of relevant Security Council resolutions and to halt all forms of support that enable the Houthi militia to continue its hostile actions and attacks, which threaten regional security and international shipping lanes.
Ambassador Alwasil reaffirmed the Kingdom’s legitimate right to defend itself and protect its security, sovereignty, citizens, residents, and national assets, in accordance with the UN Charter and international law.
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He further reaffirmed the Kingdom’s steadfast position regarding the Republic of Yemen, based on preserving its unity, sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity. He emphasised the Kingdom’s continued support for a comprehensive, sustainable, Yemeni-led political solution to the Yemeni crisis that achieves security and stability and fulfils the aspirations of the Yemeni people.
On Wednesday, spokesman for the Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen (Coalition Forces), Major General Turki Al-Malki, said that terrorist Houthi militia attacks on the cities of Abha, Khamis Mushait, Jazan, and Najran injured 73 civilians, including women and children.
Major General Al-Malki explained that the continuation of these attacks demonstrates the terrorist Houthi militia’s approach and extremist ideology regarding escalation and the targeting of civilians within the Kingdom, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.
