Yemen, the government and people, enjoys the attention of the Saudi leadership, which gives its cause the highest priority, and is always keen to achieve stability, prosperity and development, work to end all differences and conflicts, and heal the rift between its various political components in order to reach a lasting peace that leads to the restoration of cohesion and the advancement of this brotherly country to the ranks of developed countries .
Saudi Arabia will remain present alongside its brothers in the Presidential Leadership Council, regardless of the changes. Saudi humanity has never stopped. Whether in the liberated areas or in the governorates under Houthi control, the Al Salam Hospital in Saada and the Saudi Hospital in Hajjah have been treating hundreds of thousands of families to date, in addition to relief and humanitarian materials that reach Sana’a, Amran, Al Hudaydah, Dhamar and Ibb; Whether directly through the partners of the King Center for Humanitarian Relief or indirectly through international organizations funded by the Kingdom, in addition to paying the salaries of teachers through UNICEF, which leads to the continuation of the educational process and alleviating the suffering of a large segment of Yemeni society who work in the educational edifice, especially in light of the Salary interruption.
The visit of the Saudi delegation, led by Ambassador Muhammad Saeed Al Jaber, constituted a message of optimism and hope for the Yemeni society, which showed great joy in posts on social media, and some of them went on to describe the arrival of the Saudi delegation under the showers of rain as a delegation of goodness and hope to get them out of their distressed reality to a reality with more hope for a bright tomorrow. Expressing their confidence in the sincere and loyal Saudi role for Yemen in terms of land and people.
White human hands
Despite the successes achieved by Saudi Arabia in the economic, military and humanitarian aspects, it had a pivotal and major role in the success of the kidnapped and captive deals and its continuous endeavor to release all within the framework of the efforts made by Ambassador Muhammad Al Jaber and the Omani delegation, which places in its priorities alleviating the suffering of the abductees' families.
The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Human Rights, spokesman for the prisoners’ negotiation team in the Yemeni government, Majed Fadil, appreciated the Saudi efforts aimed at making the prisoners’ deal a success and achieving comprehensive and lasting peace in Yemen, stressing that the government team appreciates the Kingdom’s role and its continuous efforts to lift the suffering of Yemeni families and release all abductees and prisoners from Houthi prisons. .
Fadael told Okaz: “Saudi Arabia was and still is standing by the Yemeni people at all stages, and perhaps the launch of the deal that is being implemented today is part of those tremendous efforts,” expecting that the coming days will witness more deals leading to the launch of all.
He pointed out that the Yemeni people highly appreciate the Saudi efforts aimed at releasing the prisoners, especially in light of the presence of the Kingdom's ambassador in Sana'a alongside the Omani delegation and their talks to complete the humanitarian file, which forms strong foundations for reaching a lasting and comprehensive peace.
Fadayel explained that the Kingdom was the forerunner in various humanitarian aspects, decades ago and not from today, whether in treating hundreds of Yemenis or embracing a large community of them, and this certainly contributed to alleviating the human suffering of many families, in addition to the great relief and humanitarian support and demining and what the Kingdom provides. To her brothers in Yemen, as well as great economic and development support.
He added, despite the directives and follow-up of the political leadership; Represented by the President of the Presidential Leadership Council, members of the Council, and the Prime Minister of the government delegation, and the great efforts made by the delegation and its handling of this humanitarian file with great responsibility and commitment, however, Saudi Arabia was behind the success of the prisoner deals and encouraged that, whether past or current, and this, if indicative, indicates the extent of The Kingdom's keenness to make the humanitarian aspects a success and to alleviate the suffering of the families of the abductees and prisoners.
Care for the interests of the people
Saudi Arabia is the only country that has stood by the Yemeni people economically and developmentally for more than seven decades, and it was the only country that stood with all its political, economic and developmental weight on the side of the Yemeni leadership and people and prevented the country from slipping into catastrophic crises.
The head of the Political Bureau of the National Resistance in Ibb Governorate, Kamel Al-Khoudani, told “Okaz”: Saudi Arabia has spared no effort to support the Yemeni people, and it was the only country that fulfilled all its obligations over the past decades, especially during donor conferences, but rather provides other support to the Yemeni people. In building hospitals, schools and universities, and contributed to establishing security and stability in the country through a number of security agreements that it concluded with successive Yemeni governments, leading to oil grants and sponsoring the treatment of former leaders, then the Gulf initiative and the subsequent financial deposit, oil support and services for the Yemeni people, as well as the other deposit in The year 2017, finally, and the deposit with the Emirates is only the tip of the iceberg that the Kingdom offers to its brothers in Yemen.
He added: “The Yemeni people today trust the tremendous efforts led by the Saudi leadership to achieve stability and end conflicts, and all political forces support and even support all the tremendous efforts that the Kingdom is making. The legitimate government and all political components were only with peace and working for it at various levels. And any success and breakthrough in the wall of the Yemeni crisis that Saudi Arabia will certainly achieve is a victory for the coalition to support legitimacy, and Yemen has a government and full satisfaction.
Al-Khoudani stressed, "Those who sacrifice their lives for the sake of defending their brothers in Yemen can only be with the interests of the oppressed peoples and alongside their leaders, regardless of the changes.
Economic and development support
Saudi Arabia has spared no effort to support the Yemeni people politically and economically and to ensure the resolution of all issues, including the just southern issue, which the Kingdom is keen to resolve within the framework of a comprehensive political solution after it united all parties, including the Southern Transitional Council, within the Presidential Leadership Council, which was formed after consultations. Yemeni Yemeni in April last year.
The Yemenis know very well the pioneering role of Saudi Arabia and what it is offering in order to support the Yemeni riyal. Whether with regard to oil grants that have not stopped since 2011 or financial deposits that amounted to about $5 billion through 3 deposits to the Central Bank of Yemen during the last decade; The first was in 2012, following the political crisis and the success of the Gulf initiative in achieving a breakthrough, as it deposited one billion dollars in the Central Bank of Yemen in Sanaa; In support of the Yemeni economy, on February 20, 2017, it deposited two billion dollars in the Central Bank of Yemen in Aden in support of the Yemeni riyal and in support of the Presidential Leadership Council. And the development projects and initiatives that were presented, finally, through the Saudi Program for the Development and Reconstruction of Yemen at a value of $ 400 million, and continue to provide support to the Council and the Yemeni people, which contributed to preserving the Yemeni economy and the non-collapse of the national currency, in addition to the continuous humanitarian support that did not stop out of concern on the interests of the Yemeni people.
Ahmed Al-Shamiri (Jeddah) @ a_shmeri