Minister of Transport confirms aggravation of humanitarian situation due to blockade imposed on Sana’a Airport
Minister of Transport, Abdul Wahab Al-Durra, affirmed that the humanitarian situation in Yemen has worsened due to the unjust and illegal blockade imposed on Sana’a International Airport by the US-Saudi aggression coalition and its mercenaries in Aden.
Al-Durra stated, during a meeting that included the Minister of Public Works, Roads, Ghaleb Mutlaq, and the Director of the Office of the UN Representative, “Roxanne Bazarjan”, that the aggression deliberately and directly multiplied the suffering of the Yemeni people, including patients, by reducing the number of flights to the only destination represented in Jordan, from six to three flights per week. Without any justification, despite being scheduled regularly on Yemen Airways flights.
Bazarjan urged the other party to press the need to return the six flights to relieve the current pressure on travel tickets by citizens, especially patients, as well as the speedy opening of other destinations without procrastination.
Minister Al-Durra stressed the need to allow international airlines to operate flights through Sana’a International Airport to several international destinations in accordance with international laws and conventions, stressing the need to open new destinations of importance to the Yemeni citizen, such as Cairo, India and others, as a legal right.
In turn,Mutlaq affirmed that Sana’a International Airport provides its humanitarian services to all the Yemeni people, especially patients who suffer from serious diseases that are difficult to treat in the country as a result of the aggression and blockade.
While the Director of the Office of the UN Representative pointed out the importance of opening Sana’a airport to alleviate the suffering of the Yemeni people, including the sick, pointing out that the UN representative is making great efforts to achieve that.
The meeting, which was attended by the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Transport, Abdullah Al-Ansi, the President of the Civil Aviation Authority, Dr. Muhammad Abdul Qadir, the Chargé d’Affaires of Yemeni Airlines, Khalil Jahaf, and the Director of Air Transport at the Aviation Authority, Dr. Mazen Ghanem, discussed the suffering of the Yemeni people as a result of the blockade and aggression, and the possibility of opening new destinations to a number of countries and return flights that have been unjustifiably reduced.
