CAIRO (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia known as for restraint and “avoiding escalation” in mild of the air strikes launched by the USA and Britain towards websites linked to the Houthi motion in Yemen, the dominion’s international ministry mentioned on Friday.
Saudi Arabia, which has in current months engaged in peace talks with Yemen’s Houthis, was carefully monitoring the state of affairs with “nice concern,” the international ministry mentioned in an announcement.
“The dominion emphasizes the significance of sustaining the safety and stability of the Purple Sea area, as the liberty of navigation in it’s a global demand,” the ministry added.
The Houthi motion, an Iran-aligned group that controls a lot of Yemen after practically a decade of warfare towards a Western-backed and Saudi-led coalition, has emerged as a robust supporter of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas in its warfare towards Israel.
The group has been attacking industrial ships it says are linked to Israel or certain for Israeli ports.
The chief negotiator for the Houthis, Mohammed Abdulsalam, mentioned on Thursday the group’s assaults on industrial ships within the Purple Sea don’t threaten its peace talks with Saudi Arabia.
(Reporting by Hatem Maher; Modifying by Jacqueline Wong and Raju Gopalakrishnan)
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