NEW YORK: The UN Security Council may meet on Wednesday to discuss the situation in the Red Sea, the French ambassador to the United Nations, said on Tuesday.
Ambassador Nicolas de Riviere addressing a news conference said it is likely that the council will meet on the issue sooner, probably even tomorrow. He noted the situation is bad when asked about attacks by Yemen’s Houthis on Red Sea shipping.
He went on to say that there is a repetition of violations and military actions in this area.
The United States in early December established a multinational naval task force for the Red Sea after a flurry of missile and drone attacks by Yemen’s Houthis on merchant ships which led shipping companies to suspend passages through the area.
Coalition troops to patrol in Red Sea
The coalition troops will patrol in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden to and help commercial ships that are transiting the vital global waterway.
Houthis say that they are targeting Israel-linked ships across the Red Sea close to the area of the Bab el Mandeb Strait, because of Israeli siege and invasion of Gaza.
Earlier, Pentagon spokesman Major General Pat Ryder said the Houthis are targeting the economic wellbeing and prosperity of countries around the world, effectively becoming bandits along the global highway that is the Red Sea.
According to the International Chamber of Shipping, twelve percent of international trade passes through the Red Sea, which provides a shortcut past Africa via the Suez Canal.
