Al-Alimi: No peace with a group claiming a divine right to rule
The Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council, Rashad Mohammed Al-Alimi, received on Thursday the Chinese government's special envoy for Middle East affairs, Zhai Jun, and his accompanying delegation, to discuss the distinguished historical relations between the two friendly countries, ways to enhance and develop them, as well as regional issues of common interest.
The Chairman of the Leadership Council explained that the core of the problem with the Houthis is not a dispute over power, but the group's insistence on keeping weapons outside state control, claiming a divine right to rule, and placing its leaders above the law and the popular will, which is unacceptable and an existential threat to the Yemeni state and its national security.
He reaffirmed the government's commitment to a path of peace that leads to a national state governed by the constitution, institutions with a monopoly on force and weapons, equal citizens, and political pluralism, free from the threat of cross-border militias.
The Chairman of the Leadership Council touched on the facts revealed by security agencies regarding the participation of dozens of Iranian, Lebanese, and Iraqi experts alongside the Houthis, stating that Iran uses this group to keep Yemen as a pressure and blackmail card against countries in the region and the world.
Al-Alimi warned that leniency towards undermining national states by force of arms opens the door to the disintegration of countries and the emergence of competing entities, which contradicts the principles that Yemen and China share in respecting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of states.
The Chairman of the Leadership Council stated that the suffocating siege on the residents of Taiz governorate and the targeting of civilian objects amount to a war crime, and also represent a crucial test of the international community's credibility in protecting civilians, and international peace and security.
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