The correspondent of “Al-Arabiya” and “Al-Hadath” in Yemen reported, on Friday, the arrival of the second plane carrying the prisoners released by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as part of the humanitarian initiative aimed at supporting peace and dialogue between the Yemeni parties. The plane carries 40 other prisoners on board, bringing the number of prisoners who have arrived in Aden so far to 80.
Aden airport is preparing for the arrival of the third plane, which will transport the rest of the prisoners who are scheduled to arrive in Aden later.
Earlier, the second plane carrying the Houthi prisoners to Yemen, as part of the Saudi humanitarian initiative, left.
Before that, the Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen had announced “the departure of the first planes transporting Houthi prisoners to Yemen as part of the Saudi humanitarian initiative.”
He explained that 3 stages To transport prisoners by air To Sanaa and Aden will be completed on Friday.
The coalition also said that among the released prisoners were foreign fighters, adding that these would be handed over to the embassies of their countries.
Al-Arabiya and Al-Hadath correspondent stated that a Red Cross plane carrying 40 Houthi prisoners arrived in the temporary capital, Aden. He pointed out that the number of released prisoners is 163, including 108, and they will arrive at Aden Airport, respectively.
And the spokesman for the coalition forces, Brigadier General Turki Al-Maliki, said last April that “the leadership of the joint forces of the coalition will release 163 Houthi prisoners who participated in the combat operations against the kingdom’s lands, as a humanitarian initiative in continuation of previous humanitarian initiatives.”
To support efforts to end the Yemen crisis
He also added that the step comes “in support of all efforts and endeavors to end the Yemeni crisis and establish peace and the efforts of the United Nations to consolidate the current truce and create an atmosphere for dialogue between the Yemeni parties, as well as to facilitate the termination of the file of prisoners and detainees in line with Islamic values, humanitarian principles and authentic Arab traditions and the provisions of international humanitarian law represented in In the texts and provisions of the Third Geneva Convention, whose implementation has been suspended since 2018, according to the Stockholm Agreement.
He explained that the Joint Forces Command of the coalition is coordinating with the International Committee of the Red Cross to transfer them to Sana’a.
He also stressed, “The file of ending the prisoner exchange is of interest to the political and military leadership, which always emphasizes dealing with this file from purely humanitarian grounds, away from political and military calculations or gains.”
It is noteworthy that the United Nations announced on the first of this April that the Yemeni parties agreed to a two-month armistice that began the next day, a comprehensive cessation of military operations in Yemen, in addition to the opening of Sana’a Airport to predetermined regional destinations, as well as the approval of the entry of ships carrying fuel. to the port of Hodeidah.
The announcement of that truce came at the time, coinciding with the consultations in Riyadh, in which it was announced the formation of a presidential leadership council in Yemen on the seventh of this April, to take over the political, military and security management of the state throughout the transitional phase, where the council is headed by Rashad Muhammad Al-Alimi, with 7 members.