Great Britain condemns the Aden attack. “It is time to implement the Riyadh agreement”

The British Embassy in Yemen condemned the attack Procession of the governor of Aden previous Sunday.

“We condemn all acts of violence, in particularly those who target public service officials, “the embassy wrote on its Twitter account.

He also added that “it is time to implement the Riyadh agreement”.

Car bomb

Six people were killed last Sunday when a car bomb targeted A convoy carrying officials to Aden, the provisional capital of the Yemeni government, according to security sources, who explained that officials survived the blast.

A Yemeni security source told AFP that “a car bomb that was on the main line of Al-Mualla Street exploded as the convoy of officials, including Aden Governor Ahmed Lamlas, and the minister of agriculture and Fisheries Salem Al-Saqari, “both members of the Southern Transitional Council, were passing.

The source also reported the killing of 5 accompanying persons of the figures and the wounding of 11 people, including 3 civilians. One injured man later died of his injuries, bringing the death toll to 6.

It aims to “shuffle the cards”

For its part, through the Yemeni Minister of Information Muammar Al-Eryani On his conviction and denunciation of the explosion. In tweets on his Twitter account, he felt that Sunday’s blast, which coincided with the escalation of the Houthis in Ma’rib and Shabwa governorates, aims to “muddle the cards and thwart government efforts to normalize the situation. in the liberated areas “.

Al-Eryani stressed the “need to proceed with the completion of the implementation of the security and military part of the Riyadh agreement and to join efforts to strengthen security and stability and address terrorism and its organizations”.

For his part, Yemeni Prime Minister Maeen Abdul-Malik has ordered the relevant authorities to conduct an urgent investigation into the circumstances of this assassination attempt.

From the site of the Aden Governor's Presidium and the Yemeni Minister of Agriculture in Aden (AFP)

From the site of the Aden Governor’s Presidium and the Yemeni Minister of Agriculture in Aden (AFP)

Riyadh Agreement

Interestingly, the Riyadh agreement, signed in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, between the Yemeni government and the Southern Transitional Council in 2019, included many military deals between the two sides, as well as a ceasefire and the appointment of a new one. governor and director of security for the port city of Aden and the formation of a new government.

Subsequently, Saudi Arabia presented a mechanism to accelerate the implementation of the agreement, which also stipulated several points, including the continuation of the ceasefire and non-escalation between the two sides.

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