Algeria not to join Saudi invasion of Yemen: FM
Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra says Algiers will not get involved in the Al Saud regime’s military invasion of Yemen, calling for dialogue among all Yemeni political parties in order to resolve the crisis.
Speaking on the sidelines of a meeting of Arab foreign ministers in Egypt’s Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Lamamra said his country believes “the restoration of stability and security in Yemen would only be possible through commitment to national dialogue,” Algeria Press Service (APS) reported on Friday.
“Algeria is following with great and deep concern the serious developments in Yemen amid escalation of the situation, which would jeopardize the political process, increase divisions and violence, spread terrorism, and threaten the security, stability and unity of Yemen,” he added.
Lamamra further said that Algiers rejects military intervention in other countries, stressing that the Algerian army only fights within the country’s borders.
The comments come as Yemeni officials said Friday that at least 39 civilians had lost their lives as neighboring Saudi Arabia pushes ahead with its airstrikes against members of the Houthi Ansarullah movement in Yemen.
Saudi airstrikes against the impoverished Arab country have drawn condemnation from many countries, including Iran, Iraq and Russia, as well as the Lebanese resistance movement, Hezbollah.
The military aggression against Yemen comes as fugitive president, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, arrived in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, on Thursday night. Riyadh says it has launched the strikes to defend the “legitimate government” of Hadi upon his request.
The blatant invasion of Yemen’s sovereignty by the Saudi regime comes against a backdrop of total silence on the part of international bodies, especially the United Nations. The world body has so far failed to show any reaction whatsoever to violation of the sovereignty of one of its members by Riyadh.
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