Saudi Arabia has never been anything but close to Yemen, the state and the people, and a stable, secure, and prosperous neighbor Yemen is a million times better than a Yemen full of devastation, chaos, and strife, not only for the Yemenis, but also for the Saudis, the region, and the world. Saudi Arabia says frankly and transparently that it seeks a developed and civilized region. Did the Saudi crown prince make his wish? For this region of the world to turn into a new Europe. The dream of the Saudi leadership is not limited to the Saudis, but rather includes everyone, and undoubtedly Yemen is at its head, which is the brotherly and neighboring country.
The region is tired of chaos and failure, and this Saudi political and economic movement is part of the Saudi leadership's sense of its country's historical role in establishing a prosperous region, and reducing, if not eliminating, disputes as much as possible and turning them into opportunities.
Saudi Arabia and Yemen are destined to be adjacent in the Arabian Peninsula, Saudi Arabia is its high wall, and Yemen is its important security and geopolitical side. They mediate the world and all overlook the Arabian and Red Seas and are adjacent to Africa, and are in contact with global shipping lanes. Therefore, Yemen occupies a major place in the interest of the Kingdom and its leadership in partnership with it. And moving him and with him towards a future that fulfills the aspirations of his people.
Today, an opportunity for a historic peace agreement looms on the happy horizon of Yemen, and all Yemeni components must benefit from it and prioritize economic and development over military differences and conflicts, through dialogue and nothing but dialogue and agreement to reach a comprehensive political solution that achieves the hope of a people exhausted by wars, fighting and poverty.
The Yemeni challenge is great, and the details are complex and thorny, a challenge surrounded by not only the sounds of disputes, but also the whistling of bullets and the smells of death. Yemen.
The Kingdom was and still is biased towards the Yemenis and Yemeni legitimacy, and the coalition’s intervention was only at the invitation of the legitimate government in Yemen and in order to achieve international resolutions, with the aim of supporting “legitimacy” and finding a solution to the Yemeni crisis at the political dialogue table, and it is natural for the coalition to end its operations and presence in Yemen once a political solution is reached Comprehensive in Yemen, which is ultimately a victory for Yemen, as well as a victory for the legitimate government and the coalition, and reflects the implementation of their political will against anyone who seeks to perpetuate the conflict and crisis in Yemen.
The Saudi peace journey in Yemen was not easy, but rather fraught with dangers and difficulties. Nevertheless, Riyadh embarked on it for the sake of Yemen and the Yemenis. A peace journey that began in 2011 AD, when it persuaded former President Ali Abdullah Saleh to relinquish power and sign the Gulf initiative between the Yemeni parties in Riyadh, as it did in In 2016, by persuading the conflicting parties to cease fire and to sit at the “Yemeni-Yemeni” consultation table in Kuwait under the supervision of the United Nations; In addition to its support for the Stockholm negotiations that led to the agreement on Hodeidah in 2018.
His Highness the Saudi Foreign Minister had previously announced Riyadh's initiative to end the crisis in Yemen and reach a comprehensive political solution in 2021, which included four axes; It is the cease-fire, the deposit of taxes and customs revenues for oil derivative ships from the port of Hodeidah in the joint account of the Central Bank of Yemen in Hodeidah, according to the Stockholm Agreement, the opening of Sana’a airport, and the start of negotiations for a political solution between the Yemeni parties. Any initiative in this context is not new.
The opportunity for the Yemenis is not in the temporary truce, but rather in reaching a historic agreement that will be remembered by the Yemeni generations, that takes the country out of the state of war into the future and preoccupation with development and benefiting from the reconstruction projects called for by the Kingdom, the Gulf states and many international funds and partners, which is not new, as the final statement included The thirty-sixth summit of the leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council states calls for holding an international conference for the reconstruction of Yemen after reaching a peace agreement that ends the current crisis. Therefore, reaching a comprehensive political solution in Yemen is a major goal for the GCC states, and this requires supporting development and reconstruction projects in it, according to what was agreed upon by the leaders of the GCC states. Gulf cooperation.
The Kingdom did not abandon its vision of Yemeni development despite the bloody war in which Yemenis were drowned. In 2018, it launched a unique program for the reconstruction of Yemen and support for development projects in it. Since then, the military operations have not been an obstacle to this program's support for major development projects in Yemen, which made It reflects the Kingdom's serious and sincere view of supporting Yemen and its further development when reaching a comprehensive political solution in Yemen.
It is as if I see and hear Queen Bilqis saying to the wise men of Yemen: The time has come for happy Yemen to return again (a good town and a forgiving God), and for politicians to favor peace and prosperity instead of war and diaspora, and to put behind them sad Yemen that is burdened with endless wars and unresolved conflicts. And the destruction that settled life before cities and villages, history will not forgive anyone and Yemeni politicians must immortalize their names in the happy history of their Yemen as Bilqis immortalized her name.
Muhammad Al-Saed
