Yemen’s warning to America: If the occupation continues, an uncertain future awaits you.
The Defense Minister of the National Salvation Government of Yemen, in response to the presence of the US Fifth Fleet in the regional waters of this country, warned that if the presence of Washington and Western countries continues in these waters, an uncertain future awaits their forces.
The Navy of the National Salvation Government of Yemen held a meeting today, Thursday, under the chairmanship of the country’s Defense Minister, Mohammad Nasser Al-Atafi, and in this meeting, the latest maritime incidents, including the presence of American and Western forces in Yemen’s regional waters, were reviewed.
Stating that Yemen is moving with strength and confidence in the direction of increasing its military capabilities, Al-Atafi said: Yemen is trying to have a naval force that can exercise its maritime sovereignty in regional waters with all its might.
Al-Masira news channel quoted Al-Atafi as reporting that the Yemeni Navy and Coast Guard must reach a level of strength that they can carry out any military operations to protect maritime sovereignty.
Addressing the Western invaders, he also said: We warn the Western forces that are infiltrating the region, including the occupied provinces [of Yemen], that if their occupation continues, an uncertain future awaits them. The military reality [in Yemen] prevents foreign interventions.
The Fifth Fleet of the US Navy announced on Monday of this week the arrival of more than 3,000 American sailors and soldiers in West Asia, specifically in the Red Sea (West Yemen) on Sunday, within the framework of a plan that the US Department of Defense (Pentagon) previously had announced Some political observers have described this action of America as a step that creates tension and is against the peace and stability of the region and has evaluated it to the detriment of the region.
The American fleet, which is based in Bahrain, announced the deployment of two amphibious assault ships in the Red Sea. This action is aggravating and has been announced a day after the announcement of the US Ministry of Defense about the deployment of more than three thousand soldiers and sailors in the Middle East. The Americans later announced that their destination was the Bab al-Mandab strait in the Red Sea.
The Minister of Defense of Yemen stated that Western countries do not have the right to interfere in the sovereignty of Yemen or to impose their influence in the regional waters with any justification. And the freedom and independence of nations is the only way to support international interests.
In the end, he emphasized: Yemen’s revolutionary leaders did their best to make the UN peace process successful, but military operations must be stopped, the siege must be lifted, and the occupiers must be expelled. We have taken away any excuse from them (Westerners) and we will respond to any breach of covenant.
