New York - The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has affirmed its initiative to resolve the conflict in Yemen, and calls on the international community and the Security Council to take firm measures against the Iran-backed Houthi terrorist militia, which obstructs all peace efforts seeking to reach a comprehensive political solution under the auspices of the United Nations, and in accordance with UN resolutions. The relevant Security Council, especially Resolution 2216, the Gulf Cooperation Council initiative and the outcomes of the National Dialogue Conference, stressing that the absence of firm measures towards this militia is what gave it more space to harm the Yemeni people, destabilize the security and stability of the region, and significantly affect international peace and security. .

This came in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s speech before the UN Security Council on the discussion under the item “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question”, delivered by the Deputy Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations, Counselor Muhammad bin Abdulaziz Al-Ateeq.

Al-Ateeq reiterated the Kingdom’s adherence to the constants of the Palestinian cause of ending the occupation, establishing an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital, and ensuring the right of return for Palestinian refugees, stressing the importance of comprehensive and lasting peace in the Middle East, and that it is a strategic option to end one of the longest and most complex historical conflicts. witnessed by the contemporary world, on the basis of the two-state solution, and in accordance with international references, and the Arab Peace Initiative of 2002 AD, which included the establishment of a Palestinian state on the borders of June 4, 1967 AD with East Jerusalem as its capital, the return of refugees, and the end of Israel’s occupation of all Arab lands, including It includes the Syrian Arab Golan and the Lebanese territories.

He said: “The occupation authorities, which take fraud and desecration as a method, continue to violate international decisions and norms in occupied Palestine and practice the most heinous forms of injustice and aggression against the Palestinian people. for these violations

He pointed out that the time has come for the international community and the Security Council to carry out their responsibilities towards supporting the Palestinian people and the Palestinian cause, by realizing the right and realizing the aspirations of the Palestinian people to build their independent state guaranteed to them by international resolutions, and to firmly confront the ongoing Israeli practices and violations of international law and Security Council resolutions. Related.

Al-Ateeq added, “The Iranian-backed terrorist Houthi militia confirms day after day its indifference to the aspirations of the brotherly Yemeni people and the stability of Yemen and its subversive role in threatening the stability of the region and international peace and security. The Yemeni government aims to destabilize the security of the region and attack civilians in the Kingdom and the sisterly UAE, the latest of which was the cowardly terrorist attack that targeted Abu Dhabi International Airport and the hijacking of the Emirati ship Rawabi.

He also reiterated the Kingdom’s full standing with the UAE in the face of everything that threatens its security and stability and the importance of confronting the danger of this terrorist group and its continuous threat to stability in the region and the world, drawing attention to the Kingdom’s right to take all necessary measures, in accordance with its obligations in accordance with international law to respond. To all terrorist practices and acts to which it is exposed by this terrorist militia backed by Iran.

At the end of the speech, the advisor expressed the Kingdom’s support for the brotherly Lebanese people, urging, in the name of the Kingdom, all Lebanese leaders to give priority to the interests of its people, and to work to achieve what the brotherly Lebanese people aspire to in terms of security, stability and prosperity, and to stop Hezbollah’s terrorist hegemony over joints of the state.