Discussion on Houthi Diplomacy and Yemen Conflict

Is this door,

the door of diplomacy with the Houthis, still open?

No, it should not be. The mistake of 2018

must not be repeated. This—

How was 2018 a mistake?

Here, the forces, meaning the legitimate government, were at

the gates

of Hodeidah, then international pressure halted these attacks, and thus

the Houthis persisted. The Houthis have violated every standard

and transgressed every sacred principle. They targeted Mecca and Medina,

commercial shipping, and civilian sites.

For the first time, tens of thousands of

Yemenis have been displaced outside their country, in addition to the hunger and killings

and displacement they have suffered, the targeting of civilians and camps

and hospitals, and the killings. The Houthis no longer have legitimacy.

The Fajr al-Yemen operation is not merely a limited

military operation. Fajr al-Yemen must be a true

dawn. It must be a dawn completed in

Sana’a, and there is no alternative. The Houthis’ request for dialogue, this

talk, I believe its time has ended like this.

Today, the entire international community agrees that these Houthis

have committed every heinous crime that could possibly happen.

Therefore, today it is the Yemenis—

But this same international community, Mr. Jasser, is the one that gave

the Houthis exceptional breathing room—

Page after page after page, and a page was turned—

Over the past years—

It agrees with them.

Even since the Gaza war—

It agrees with them, and to this day there are parties that want—

an agreement with the United States, and—

there are parties that want the Houthis to remain, parties that want this fragmentation, parties

that want them to be a threat to the region and the Kingdom.

There are parties that benefit from the Houthis continuing, but I mean

that the process of moving forward, taking the overall picture, we need to look at

the movement now, for example, rebuilding cohesion, since

the Kingdom called on all Yemeni forces for dialogue, including

the Southern dialogue, unifying the leadership, and continued support.

Today, an important point has occurred because we are talking about a sustained

and integrated effort.

A decision issued by King Salman on an operation

to grant all Yemenis residing in Saudi Arabia legal visas, meaning

legal status and thus legal residency. This is part of the position.

We are talking about a complete picture of the operations in which there was support

from the coalition in helping and affirming the continuation of support.

This will not be an incomplete step, nor will it be a step involving any retreat.

The Houthis have only one choice: surrender their weapons

and return. Now Yemenis have the opportunity, and Mr.

Abdul Malik can determine

that they are now moving. The pressure, fear, and terror from

the Houthis in the past, and their capabilities, have been exposed.

What happened in Hodeidah demonstrates the coalition's ability to

locate sites, take control of them, and reach them.

The coalition avoided, and still avoids, harming

Yemeni civilians because the Houthis exploit civilian areas for

storing and stockpiling weapons.

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