The United States of America threatened to resume its strikes against the Houthi group if they returned to carry out attacks against its existing ships or passers -by in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.

The list of the US permanent delegate to the United Nations said; Dorothy Xia, in her speech during the open discussion of the Security Council on the enhancement of maritime security, on Tuesday: "The United States has taken punitive measures to protect freedom of navigation in the face of the Houthis, who retracted the attacking of American ships under pressure, but they will face other punitive strikes if they return to attack our ships."

Xia added that maritime security and economic prosperity face many threats, some of which come from terrorist groups, "for example, the Houthis terrorized the cross -sea navigation movement and the Gulf of Aden for years. They targeted many ships, killed innocent sailors, kidnapped the Galaxy Lider ship, which affected 30% of the total international trade movement."

American diplomacy emphasized that Iran was the one who enabled the Houthis to threaten the navigation movement in the Red Sea, "and this is mainly due to its continued supply of weapons in a clear challenge to the Security Council resolutions," and this council must not tolerate this challenge, and be punished for its violation of the sanctions. "

Xia called on member states to provide financial support to the United Nations Verification and Inspection Mechanism (UNVIM), which "can be a decisive tool in preventing those weapons from reaching the Houthis via marine roads, and their success earlier this month, by intercepting four shipping containers loaded with illegal materials heading to the group controlled ports showing the effectiveness of this mechanism, and the importance of continuing support Its operations.