Ministers of Transport & Works meet with Director of international representatives Office
Ministers of Transport Abdulwahab Al-Durra, Public Works and Roads Ghalib Mutlaq met on Sunday with Sana’a, Director of the Office of the United Nations representative to Yemen Roxana Bazargan.
The meeting, which was attended by the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Transport for the Air Transport Sector, Abdullah Al-Ansi, Head of the Civil Aviation and Meteorological Authority, Dr. Mohammed Abdulkader, and Yemen Airways Chargéd ‘affaires Khalil Jahaf, reviewed the relevant topics of Sana’a International Airport and what has been implemented of important projects to provide ground and air navigation services in accordance with international requirements and conditions and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
Delays in opening multiple destinations and increasing the number of civilian flights to Jordan and the humanitarian level of operation of Sana ‘a International Airport were mentioned.
The meeting stressed the need to take urgent measures to open Sana’a International Airport to all destinations, as it is a right guaranteed by all international instruments and conventions and human rights.
The Minister of Transport pointed out that the opening of the Sana ‘a International Airport was a humanitarian requirement and a legal right for the people of Yemen.
The Yemeni people were suffering from limited humanitarian flights to transport patients and travellers stranded in countries and airports, and had to travel through difficult and unsafe roads that had caused numerous accidents, interruptions and killings of travellers and pilgrims.
Minister Al-Durra stressed that the failure to lift the siege on Sana’a International Airport and open all destinations is intended to continue the suffering of the Yemeni people to achieve political and negotiating purposes at the expense of humanitarian and human rights issues.
He noted that the three weekly flights through Sana’a and Queen Alia airports are not sufficient because the demand for travel is large, and there is an increase in the demand for travel reservations from inside and outside the country.
The Minister of Transport stated that there are a large number of stranded abroad, expatriates and patients who want to return via Sana’a International Airport, pointing to the need to open new destinations and increase flights to meet the increasing demand for patients, humanitarian cases and pilgrims to the Holy House of God.
While the Minister of Public Works and Roads pointed out the importance of Sana’a International Airport as it provides special humanitarian services to patients, stressing that two-thirds of the Yemeni people prefer to travel through Sana’a International Airport.
He affirmed the readiness of the Ministry of Works to provide support and continue implementing projects of importance to the airport.
In turn, the director of the UN representative’s office stressed the need to increase the number of flights to Jordan to meet the increasing demands and humanitarian cases, noting that the three weekly flights to Jordan are not sufficient to alleviate the suffering of the Yemeni people.
