Prime Minister: Qatar funds Al-Houthi and voices call for Turkish intervention in Yemen
English - Tuesday 21 July 2020 الساعة 06:30 pm
Aden, Newsyemen:
Prime Minister, Mouin Abdulmalik, said that it is unacceptable to have Turkish military bases in Yemen, stressing at the same time that Qatar, an ally of Ankara, spread chaos in Yemen and supported the Houthi militia loyal to Iran.
Abdulmalik explained, in an interview with the Egyptian newspaper "Al-Ahram", published on Tuesday, that the recently raised talks about Turkish military bases in Yemen "are not up for discussion, and they cannot be accepted."
He stressed that these calls come within "miserable attempts, aimed at disrupting the government's clear positions, and affecting our relationship with the countries of the Coalition to Support Legitimacy."
He considered that Iran's position on Yemen is part of an expansion plan that targets Arab countries and identity, saying that Tehran seeks from its presence in Yemen to destabilize the Arab Gulf region, the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab.
He added that this plan "puts the Arab coalition countries to support legitimacy on one front, to confront the Iranian aggressive and subversive project, against Arab national states, and to protect Arab national security."
Regarding the Qatari role in Yemen, Abdulmalik said that "it is not possible to understand what Qatar plays subversive roles in Yemen now, in isolation from a Qatari policy that has spread chaos in Yemen and used it not long ago."
He continued: "From an early age, Qatar supported the Houthi militia with money, arms, information and relations, and worked to destabilize Yemen.
Since the Gulf crisis, this Qatari policy has become clear, and Qatari support has become public."
The Prime Minister said that Doha is currently working to weaken the legitimate government in Yemen, thwart efforts to restore the state, create hotbeds of tensions in some of the governorates, finance them and launch jamming campaigns that are part of this sabotage policy.
He stressed that the legitimate government will not accept the presence of armed groups outside their institutions, nor will it actively accept groups linked to non-national agendas, in reference to the militias funded by Qatar in Taiz Governorate, central Yemen
