Iran condemns Saudi attack on Sana’a airport as breach of law, Yemen’s sovereignty
Iran has condemned Saudi Arabia’s bombing of Sana'a International Airport, saying the assault violates international law and Yemen's national sovereignty.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei made the remarks on Monday after Yemen vowed to retaliate against the Saudi strike, warning to unravel a four-year ceasefire between the kingdom and the popular Ansarullah resistance group.
He also denounced the attack as a “blatant violation of international law and the United Nations Charter, as well as disrespect for Yemen's national sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
He further said that the strike runs contrary to efforts aimed at establishing peace and stability and is inconsistent with the 2022 truce agreement and the subsequent deals meant to prevent further escalation
“Provocative and dangerous actions such as attacking a civilian airport and jeopardizing the security and safety of a passenger aircraft constitute a flagrant breach of international aviation law and are categorically unacceptable,” Baghaei added.
Meanwhile, the spokesman warned that such “reckless moves” jeopardize Yemen’s political process, along with ongoing efforts towards achieving a peaceful solution to the crisis gripping the West Asian country.
He also affirmed the Islamic Republic’s readiness to provide any assistance necessary to advance the political process in Yemen and implement the roadmap aimed at achieving lasting peace and stability there.
Ansarullah’s political bureau said in a statement that the Saudi regime, in a dangerous escalatory step, bombed Sana'a International Airport in an attempt to prevent the Sana’a government’s delegation from returning to their homeland, but it failed.
The aerial attack, it emphasized, comes within the framework of satisfying Washington’s desire to maintain the unjust 11-year-long blockade on Yemen.
For more than a decade, Yemen has been gripped by conflict involving Ansarullah, as well as rival militants supported separately by Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
Saudi Arabia also waged a devastating war on Yemen in March 2015, but it failed to reinstall a Riyadh-friendly regime there. In 2022, the kingdom agreed to a ceasefire with Ansarullah, which has been running state affairs in the absence of a functional government in Sana'a.
The war plunged Yemen into a humanitarian crisis, and the situation worsened further in the past few years after Israel and the US launched deadly strikes across Yemen to hamper the country’s pro-Palestine campaign.
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