Today, Wednesday, the legitimate government renewed its demand that the United Nations transfer the headquarters of its mission to support the Hodeidah Agreement (UNMHA) to the liberated areas, and not leave it hostage to the pressure and blackmail of the Houthi militia.

This was stated by Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik, during his meeting in the interim capital, Aden, with the head of the United Nations Mission to Support the Hodeidah Agreement (UNMHA), and the head of the Redeployment Coordination Committee, Major General Michael Perry, where he was briefed on the mission’s activity and issues related to its tasks, and the harmonization path. Its work is in accordance with relevant United Nations resolutions.

The Prime Minister stressed the need to monitor the ports of Saleef and Hodeidah, and to take firm stances on weapons smuggling operations from Iran to the terrorist Houthi militia.

He also stressed the importance of the mission’s work to support the government’s efforts to clear the mines that the militias had planted massively and randomly in Hodeidah.

In turn, the head of the United Nations mission expressed his appreciation for the government’s cooperation and support, stressing the mission’s commitment to work in accordance with the decision of its mandate and to support the efforts of the international envoy on the peace path, and its readiness to address all challenges and problems in partnership with the government.

The United Nations Mission to Support the Hodeidah Agreement was established on December 13, 2018, pursuant to Council Resolution 2452, shortly after the signing of the Stockholm Agreement between the government and the Houthi militia, and is working with the Deployment Committee composed of both parties to implement the agreement.

The mission has failed since that time to achieve any breakthrough or success to support the implementation of the agreement, which included a ceasefire in Hodeidah, and to supervise the redeployment of forces in the city and ports of Hodeidah, Al-Salif, and Ras Issa, in light of the Houthi militia’s continued refusal to implement the terms of the agreement, According to the accusations of the legitimate government.