Al-Wahbani and Bin Habtoor inspected the progress of work in the port of Hodeidah

 

Wednesday 5-6-1444 AH, corresponding to 11-30-2022 AD, member of the Supreme Political Council and Prime Minister Dr. Abdulaziz Saleh bin Habtoor inspected the progress of work in the port of Hodeidah.

Al-Wahbani and Bin Habtoor, along with the Deputy Prime Minister for National Vision Affairs, Mahmoud Al-Junaid, Services and Development, Dr. Hussein Maqbouli, Ministers of Transport Abdul-Wahab Al-Durra, Minister of Culture Abdullah Al-Kibsi, and Governor of Hodeidah Muhammad Qahim briefed the damage to the port as a result of the aggression and siege.

During the visit, on the sidelines of which a press conference was held, the Prime Minister affirmed that the National Salvation Government is working diligently and continuously to implement the directives of the Leader of the Revolution, Mr. Abdulmalik Badr al-Din al-Houthi, and the President of the Supreme Political Council, Field Marshal Mahdi al-Mashat, related to activating joint work between state agencies and components of society to achieve local development. sustainable in all administrative units.

He pointed out that Hodeidah suffered a lot and witnessed difficult and critical years of escalation and direct targeting by the aggression.

He pointed out that the steadfastness of the people of Hodeidah in the face of aggression is referred to today as Lebanon, and history will record it in its brightest pages, as this loyal and steadfast city embraced its benevolent sons, the port of Hodeidah, which, despite the brutal barbaric siege to which it is exposed, was able, over eight years, to supply about 30-35 million A number of Yemenis are able to provide most of the regions with basic materials and cover their needs of the necessary requirements.

Dr. Bin Habtoor expressed his thanks for the efforts of those in charge of the Ministry of Transport, the Red Sea Ports Corporation and the local authority in continuing the operational process despite the difficulties that the aggression put in place, including the bombing of cranes and the prevention of the entry of spare parts.

He stressed the government’s keenness to support the institution and provide the necessary facilities for it to be able to continue providing its indispensable services to the Yemeni people.

He praised the bravery and steadfastness of the employees of the Corporation and the port and their fulfillment of their duties and their sense of responsibility.

“It is hard to imagine if he had closed this one outlet,” he said.

At the conference at the dock, the Minister of Transport called for lifting the siege on the port of Hodeidah in a comprehensive and complete manner.

He also called on the United Nations to quickly provide the port with cranes, “bridge cranes” instead of those that were bombed in mid-August 2015 AD by the US-Saudi aggression, which led to the cessation of the port’s operational process and the handling of containers, and coincided with the bombing of Hodeidah airport and other ports.

Minister Al-Durra stressed the need to allow the entry of container ships, which the aggression insists on preventing from entering the port of Hodeidah until today.

He explained that the aggression focused largely and mainly on targeting Yemeni ports and airports to put them out of service in a great aggression and arbitrariness practiced by the aggression against the Yemeni people with all arrogance.

Stressing that the time has come to lift the siege on the port of Hodeidah and Sana’a airport, and to stop the arbitrary practices against the Yemeni people.

Appreciating the interest of the revolutionary and political leadership and their keenness and follow-up on the port’s conditions and work to develop work and improve its services.

 

In the conference, in the presence of the Secretary-General of the Supreme Council for the Management and Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and International Cooperation, Ibrahim Al-Hamli, the Deputy Minister of Local Administration, Dr. Qassem Al-Hamran, the Senior Undersecretary of Al-Hodeidah Governorate, Ahmed Al-Bishri, the Undersecretary of the Governorate, Abdul-Jabbar Ahmed Muhammad, and the Commander of the Coastal Defense Brigade, Major General Muhammad Al-Qadri, the head of the Red Sea Ports Corporation reviewed Yemeni Captain Muhammad Abu Bakr bin Ishaq, the damages suffered by the corporation and the economic and commercial role played by the corporation’s ports in reviving the commercial movement and the entry of various materials and commodities after their commitment to the standards and conditions of the port systems.

 

He pointed to the efforts made by the Corporation, which is considered one of the most important national economic institutions that work with all its capabilities to serve the country.

Captain Ishaq confirmed that the aggression’s attempts to disable the port as an economic and vital facility for the homeland contradict all international norms and laws , noting that it had failed, along with an attempt to bring the Yemeni people to their knees.

 

Pointing out that the port of Hodeidah, with the efforts of the loyal cadres, was able to continue its service and economic role.

He pointed out that the Corporation was able, during the last period, to face all challenges with determination, persistence, and reception of various ships, despite the targeting of cranes and incubators by aggression.

 

He stressed that it requires the state at the current stage to provide adequate support for the institution to be able to perform its service and humanitarian tasks, pointing out that most of the equipment and mechanisms are in urgent need of maintenance.