FM Meets with UN Resident Coordinator to Discuss Key Issues Impacting Yemen

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Sana'a: Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Jamal Amer met on Sunday with UN Resident Coordinator Julien Harneis. During the meeting, Minister Amer listened to a report from the Resident Coordinator on the practical steps to implement the Taiz water supply project, emphasizing the importance of development projects that serve citizens.

According to Yemen News Agency, the meeting addressed the repercussions of the Zionist aggression on Sana'a Airport and the targeting of Yemenia Airlines aircraft. The discussions highlighted the problem of stranded citizens unable to return to their homeland, as well as many expatriates and students unable to leave via Sana'a Airport. The meeting also focused on the challenge of transporting medicines and medical supplies, particularly those for kidney transplants, chronic diseases, and kidney patients, which require air transport.

During the meeting, Minister Amer underscored the importance of urgent solutions for transporting medicines and medical and therapeutic supplies, citing these as urgent humanitarian issues. Furthermore, Minister Amer delivered two letters to the UN Resident Coordinator addressed to the UN leadership, demanding a correction in Yemen's representation at the United Nations and an end to the other party's practices that threaten the country's unity and sovereignty.

In the first letter, Minister Amer addressed the current status of Yemen's representation at the United Nations, stressing the need to ensure legitimate and effective representation. He affirmed that Sana'a respects the UN Charter and called for the implementation of its principles related to national sovereignty and the right to self-determination. The letter emphasized that the Supreme Political Council and the Government of Change and Construction, based in Sana'a, are the only effective authorities exercising true sovereignty on the ground.

Minister Amer criticized the "Presidential Leadership Council" as a "product of foreign will," lacking constitutional, popular, or geographical legitimacy. He argued that continuing to grant this entity the right to speak on behalf of Yemen contradicts the UN Charter and undermines the rights of the Yemeni people.

In the second letter, the Foreign Minister expressed grave concern over the systematic escalation led by the other party, noting that these unilateral measures contravene Security Council resolutions and international humanitarian law. He described them as a "systematic war" targeting citizens' basic rights and aiming to establish a separatist reality.