2023-12-25 09:03:44
After days of diplomatic back-and-forth and contradictory information, Spain will finally not be on an international mission to protect the Red Sea from Houthi attacks against container ships. The Ministry of Defense announced this weekend that it would not join a US-led coalition and urged the EU to form a specific mission, from which Spain would also be left out.
With the refusal, Spain is left out of the international reaction to a series of attacks against the West that come while Israel continues its offensive in the Gaza Strip and that are putting a key maritime route in check. Meanwhile, The Houthis have already made known their satisfaction with the Spanish decision: “We greatly value Spain’s refusal to be carried away by American and British lies regarding maritime navigation,” said Hussein al-Ezi, deputy foreign minister of the authorities established by the Houthis after taking control of the country in 2015. the capital of Yemen, Sana’a.
“Saná respects all those who respect the facts and hopes that these rational positions continue and expand,” he said in a message on his account on the social network X in which he expressed his hope that “everyone continues to distance themselves from the shameful positions of the United States and the United Kingdomwhich threaten peace and security”.
Along these lines, the so-called president of the Revolutionary Committee of the rebels – the interim government established by the Houthis -, Mohamed Ali al Huti, has argued that “the departure of some countries that the United States had previously included in the international coalition confirms the failure of the alliance” and added that “the countries that declined to participate They put their national interests before the coalition“.
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Al Huti has pointed out that “it is a message to those who want to continue with the position of preserving their interests instead of sacrificing them for the benefit of the occupying entity”, in reference to Israel, and has argued that the coalition announced by Washington “to protect to Israeli ships” does not address “the security of navigation, but rather threatens it by militarizing the Red Sea.
“Any danger that threatens the Suez Canal derives from this step by the United States,” the senior Houthi official has highlighted through his account on X. “The United States and the countries that participate (in the coalition) have responsibility for the consequences,” he highlighted.
In this way, he has reiterated that any “stupid operation against the Yemeni people” will cause “ships, ships and interests” of the coalition member countries “to be targeted by Yemeni missiles, planes and operations.” “The best way to avoid escalation and protect navigation comes from stop Israeli aggression against Gaza and lift the blockade delivering food, medicine and other goods,” he added.
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