Yemeni Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Abdulmalik al-Mikhlafi has praised the efforts being exerted by Qatar’s leadership and the people in the Yemeni crisis.
He said that the Yemeni people rely heavily on Qatar’s positive role in all respects and its bid to host many conferences that bring Arab and international relief organisations together, with their aid amounting to more than $220mn.
In an interview with Qatari daily Al Sharq published yesterday, al-Mikhlafi said that in spite of the prevailing stereotypes about the Yemeni people, Yemen’s revolution was most peaceful revolution among all Arab revolutions.
He explained that the Yemeni people’s decision was to end the revolution with a historic settlement without excluding anyone, including the deposed Ali Abdullah Saleh. However, Saleh and the Houthis turned against the will of the Yemeni people.
He emphasised that the future of the relationship between the Houthis and the ousted Ali Abdullah Saleh will end if the latter continues his transgression. He also said that the Houthi rebels seem relatively willing to participate in peace negotiations because they know their project will fail.
Yemeni Deputy Prime Minister said that Saleh, as an individual or family, no longer has a place in the future of Yemen, so he is trying to disable any negotiations, and therefore the Houthis will soon abandon him.
Regarding talks about Yemen’s division, he said that this is a kind of illusion, stressing that Yemen will remain united.
He also said in this regard that there is an international agreement between all parties, including Russia, US, EU, China and France and above all, the GCC, Arab and Islamic countries that what happened in Yemen is a coup against legitimacy.
