Wed - 01 Jan 2020 - 07:47 PM ،،،
Member of the Presidency of the Southern Transitional Council and deputy head of the negotiation team, Ali Al-Kathiri said that with the arrival of the new year, a suitable opportunities for peace and for enabling the Southerners to run their provinces' affairs emerge, away from all forms of tampering and hegemony, on the way to achieving their national goals represented in independence, restoring their state and identity.
All we hope is that the process of implementing the Riyadh Agreement will be launched away from selectivity and attempts to void the agreement of its contents, he added.
Al-Kathiri confirmed the STC's confidence in the keenness of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to stop the attempts of some forces within the Yemeni government to obstruct the implementation of the agreement.
He made it clear that such attempts, in particular the military escalation in Shabwa and Abyan governorates are clear proof that the real goals of those forces (referring to the Islah-linked troops, Yemen's military wing of Muslim Brotherhood) is waging its fight against the liberated capital of the South Aden instead of directing its battle towards Yemen's abducted capital Sana'a.
Alkatiri stressed that summarizing implementation of the Riyadh Agreement in some military and security measures blows up the deal as a whole, adding "it's unacceptable and we do believe that the Saudi-led Arab Coalition will not allow it to happen."