Tariq's visit to Moscow revives the hopes of the residents of Sana'a to restore their rights
English - Wednesday 16 June 2021 الساعة 08:39 am
Sana'a, NewsYemen:
The visit of Brigadier General Tariq Muhammad Abdullah Saleh to the Russian capital, Moscow, came at an official invitation from the Russian government, to revive the hopes of the residents of Sanaa and its neighboring provinces in the possibility of restoring their rights and liberating the Yemeni political decision from the slumber of the legitimate government and the Houthi dependency on Iran, even if they did not express it publicly.
Away from the official speeches of the political forces and the preconceived unilateral stances of the parties to the crisis, the visit of the leader of the National Resistance and his accompanying delegation to Moscow seemed more effective at the popular and public level in Sanaa and its neighboring governorates, even if they were unable to express this due to the monopoly of the Houthi militia - the Iranian arm in Yemen - For the media.
At the level of rumors circulating, affected by and affected by the outcomes of this visit, the residents of Sana’a are widely circulating rumors about stopping the state of war and siege, resolving the Yemeni crisis, raising Yemen’s name from Chapter VII of the Security Council, disbursing the salaries of state employees for the past years, and introducing ships of oil derivatives and foodstuffs. And lifting the sanctions on Ambassador Ahmed Ali Abdullah Saleh.
Residents in Sanaa believe that Brigadier General Tariq Saleh, during his talks with Russian officials, raised all these issues in a responsible patriotic spirit, free of personal tendencies and ambitions, and on the basis of restoring Greater Yemen and invoking the constitution and the law, the principles of the revolution, the republic, justice, equality and human rights.
Saad Al-Rimi, a vegetable seller in Sana'a, believes that the visit of Brigadier General Tariq Saleh to Moscow recalls the active presence of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, and Sanaa's continued control of the Yemeni political decision externally until his last days in December 2017, despite his departure from power since 2012.
Al-Rimi recalls the closure of the Russian embassy in Sanaa and the departure of its diplomatic staff after the killing of President Saleh in 2017, considering the movement of Brigadier General Tariq as a diplomat from Russia in particular, which carries more than one indication in the popular memory, which means that Brigadier General Tariq started here from where the Russian presence in the Yemeni file stopped with the absence and killing President Saleh.
Samir Sultan - a taxi bus driver - believes that Brigadier Tariq's visit to Russia will be followed by another visit to the Arab Republic of Egypt as part of an upcoming tour of a number of Arab and foreign countries active in the Yemeni file. Sultan believes that Egypt at this stage is first than others to contribute to solving the Yemeni crisis and bringing peace to Yemen.
Last Friday, the Media Center of the National Resistance announced the arrival of Brigadier General Tariq Muhammad Abdullah Saleh, leader of the National Resistance, head of the Political Bureau, to the Russian capital, Moscow, at the head of a delegation of the National Resistance, at the invitation of the government of the Federal Republic of Russia.
Upon his arrival in Moscow, Brigadier General Tariq Saleh stressed that they seek peace for Yemen, "the peace of freedom, citizenship, the republic and coexistence with our people, neighbors and friends."
On the same day, Brigadier General Tariq Saleh met with Sergey Vershinin, the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister in Moscow, and reviewed with him the developments of the political and military situation in Yemen, and developments in the light of international moves aimed at finding appropriate solutions to end the conflict.
