The Ministry of Transport and the Civil Aviation Authority organize a pause to mark the 5th anniversary of the closure of the airport

the Ministry of Transport and the General Authority for Civil Aviation and Meteorology organized a protest sit-in in front of Sana’a International Airport, over the passage of five years of the closure of Sana’a International Airport by the US-Saudi aggression coalition.

The participants in the stand, in the presence of the Undersecretary of the Air Transport Sector Abdullah Al-Ansi and the Chairman of the Authority, Dr. Muhammad Abdul-Qader, raised banners condemning the crimes of aggression against the Yemeni people in general, explaining the catastrophic humanitarian repercussions caused by the airport closure.

The participants affirmed their steadfastness and steadfastness in the face of the aggression and the challenges resulting from it, and described the silence of the United Nations and international organizations regarding the airport closure as shameful, pointing out that the desecrated Gulf money has violated all laws, regulations and agreements that guarantee human rights.

For his part, the Undersecretary of the Civil Aviation Authority, Raed Jabal, confirmed that the closure of Sana’a Airport for the fifth year has increased the steadfastness and steadfastness of workers and technicians in continuing to work and develop in the field of civil aviation.

He pointed out that the decision to close the airport was taken unilaterally by Saudi Arabia to kill the Yemeni people, pointing out that this closure is contrary to all international laws and agreements, including the Chicago International Convention.

In turn, the director of Sana’a airport, Khaled Al-Shaif, explained that the closure of the airport caused a major humanitarian disaster, according to the testimony of the United Nations, which did nothing to lift the ban on the airport, which receives UN planes on a daily basis.

He confirmed the airport’s technical readiness to receive all civil flights, pointing out that Sana’a Airport is the main artery that serves more than 80 percent of the population of Yemen and the first gateway to the Republic of Yemen.

A statement issued by the stand, read by the Authority’s spokesperson, Director of Air Transport, Dr. Mazen Ghanem, condemned the continued closure of Sana’a International Airport to civilian flights since August 9, 2016.

He stressed that the closure of the airport is in violation of all international laws and treaties, and a flagrant and flagrant violation of the Charter of the United Nations and international humanitarian law, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenants on Civil, Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the protocols attached to them, and in conflict with the texts of the Convention and the Chicago Civil Aviation Organization (Chicago 1944). .

The statement pointed out that the continued closure of Sana’a Airport to civilian flights for more than five years has exacerbated the humanitarian situation and resulted in the death of thousands of patients with incurable diseases. to a large prison.

The statement stated that the Ministry of Health’s statistics indicate the death of more than 95,000 patients who were in urgent need to travel to receive treatment abroad, and more than 480,000 patients who urgently need to travel in a way that cannot be postponed, more than 30 sick cases die daily.

According to the statement, statistics indicate that more than 71 thousand patients with cancerous tumors are at risk of certain death and more than eight thousand patients with kidney failure need kidney transplants to save their lives, and more than a million patients are threatened with death as a result of the lack of medicines for incurable and chronic diseases, and the lack of solutions and medical supplies that through the air.

Statistics also indicate that more than four million expatriates have been denied the right to return home to visit their families, not to mention that thousands of students lost their scholarships due to their inability to travel to join their educational institutions abroad due to the continued air blockade imposed on Sanaa Airport, as well as the disruption of the interests of many of the men Business.

The statement praised the humanitarian role played by activists abroad and free people in the world to demand the reopening of the airport and the resumption of civilian flights, praising the role of some international organizations that considered closing the airport an unforgivable crime and described the past five years as a comprehensive mass death penalty for Yemenis.

In the statement, the Ministry of Transport and the Aviation Authority renewed their denunciation of the inability of the United Nations and the UN Security Council regarding the persistence of the coalition of aggression in closing the airport, calling for a quick decisive stance towards ending the ongoing air blockade on Yemeni airports.

The statement demanded the issuance of a binding international resolution to immediately and unconditionally lift the siege on Sana’a airport, as it is a humanitarian demand that is not subject to negotiation or futile procrastination.

The statement held the coalition of aggression legally responsible and the catastrophic consequences of human, material and moral losses as a result of the continued closure of the airport to civilian flights.

The statement urged the global human conscience and free peoples to pressure their governments and demand them not to support the coalition countries in this brutal aggression and unjust siege on Yemen, land and people, and the immediate lifting of the air blockade on Sana’a airport.

The stand was attended by the assistant undersecretaries of the Ministry of Transport and the Aviation Authority