A "southern" movement to confront the Houthi war against the liberated ports
English - Thursday 06 April 2023 الساعة 01:37 pm
Aden, NewsYemen, exclusive:
Southern leaders in the country have intensified their movement and activity to confront the Houthi group's attempts to target the activity of the liberated ports and divert import operations to the ports under its control.
Since the beginning of the year, Iran has prevented the entry of goods imported from liberated ports into areas under its control through its customs outlets, with the aim of forcing importers to transfer import operations to the ports of Hodeidah under its control.
These Houthi measures were raised by a member of the Presidential Leadership Council and President of the Southern Transitional Council, Aidaroos Al-Zubaidi, in his meeting, on Tuesday, in Riyadh with Stephen Fagin, the US ambassador to Yemen, in which they discussed issues related to the economic aspect and efforts to prevent the deterioration of the humanitarian situation as a result of the continued suspension of export. Oil, as a result of Houthi militia attacks.
Al-Zubaidi discussed with the American ambassador ways to support the government to enhance resources, reduce expenditures, and carry out real financial and administrative reforms that the citizen can touch, by granting merchants importing through the ports under government control more facilities and putting an end to the arbitrary practices of the Houthi militia against merchants importing through the ports. the South.
The most prominent Houthi measures and their submission to the international community by the President of the Transitional Council, hours preceded by the announcement by the Minister of State, Governor of the capital, Aden, Ahmed Lamlas, of a package of incentive measures and facilities, to activate commercial traffic to the port of Aden, in a meeting that included the Minister of Transport, Dr. Abdulsalam Hamid, and the President Ports of Aden Mohammed Alawi Amzarbah.
The governor announced the suspension of fund fees, as well as an increase in the number of permitted legal commodities, and an emphasis on preventing levies that are practiced at a number of points at the entrances to the capital, calling on shipping companies to operate flights to the port of Aden via direct lines.
For his part, the Minister of Transport affirmed that his ministry had taken measures aimed at facilitating the movement of transport in the ports of Aden and Mukalla, facilitating the work of merchants and issuing permits, and addressing heavy transport problems, foremost of which was the renewal of fleets of transport trucks and facilitating their movement and transportation, pointing out that there are "promising matters" through his communication Directly with the local authority in Aden, and with the leadership of the coalition around the ports of Aden and Mukalla.
In mid-March, the Presidency of the Southern Transitional Council demanded in a meeting of the leadership of the Arab coalition to transfer the ship inspection center from Djibouti to the capital, Aden, stressing the need not to make concessions before reaching a comprehensive solution that meets the aspirations of all parties. Referring to the news about lifting inspection procedures for ships destined for ports under the control of the Houthi militia.
