News - Yemen: The Minister of Transport, Abdul Wahhab Al-Durra, confirmed that the US-Saudi aggression is still delaying the operation of flights from Sana'a Airport towards Cairo and India.

"We made all efforts to operate flights from Sana'a Airport towards Cairo and India, to no avail, and US-Saudi aggression is still delaying," he said.

He explained that the flights scheduling to Cairo was suspended at the last moments, blaming US-Saudi aggression responsible for that.

The Minister of Transport pointed out that three flights per week to a single destination (Sana'a - Amman) do not meet the need, especially for patients who cannot be treated inside after eight years of siege and aggression.

The Director General of Sana'a International Airport, Khaled Al-Shayef, confirmed that Sana'a Airport is still under siege, and is almost closed, with the exception of a single restricted and limited travel destination.

"There is no seriousness from the US-Saudi aggression regarding what was agreed upon in terms of increasing the number of flights to Jordan and opening new destinations from Sana'a Airport," he said.

He also pointed out that the flights to Jordan represent only 10% of what was agreed upon, noting that five destinations had been agreed upon during the existing de-escalation period until this moment.

Recently, Sana'a had received communications from four Arab airlines that expressed their desire to resume commercial flights from Sana'a International Airport to various Arab and Asian destinations, sources close to the Salvation Government revealed on Tuesday.

According to the Lebanese Al-Akhbar newspaper, the sources indicated that the government is awaiting the implementation of more confidence-building steps in the coming days, especially with regard to the payment of employee salaries, the release of prisoners, and the opening of crossings and roads between the governorates.

The newspaper quoted informed diplomatic sources as saying that it is possible that these steps will slow down due to Washington's continued negative influence on the progress of the negotiations.

In this regard, the Deputy Prime Minister for Defense and Security Affairs Jalal Al-Ruwaishan said that Sana'a "did not perceive clear seriousness in separating the Saudi position from the American desire." He stressed that “this indecision will not lead to a result,” accusing the US-Saudi aggression of “returning to using the humanitarian aspect as a negotiating card to obtain political gains.”

In the same regard, Al-Emarat Al-Youm newspaper reported that “the coalition has set new conditions for the payment of salaries,” which Sana’a rejected as an attempt to link humanitarian aspects with military ones.

The newspaper indicated that there were disagreements over the guarantees, in reference to Sana'a's refusal to claim Riyadh for a buffer zone on the border.

Meanwhile, with the return of the US, European, and UN movement, Russia has re-entered the line of negotiations for a solution.

It stressed the need to intensify efforts to ensure a sustainable ceasefire, and to launch a comprehensive national dialogue under the auspices of the United Nations.

The Russian embassy in Yemen said that the special Representative of the Russian president, Mikhail Bogdanov, discussed, during his meeting with the UN envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, issues of a comprehensive settlement.

She indicated that the latter was briefed on the Russian side's contacts with representatives of various Yemeni political forces and countries involved in aggression within the framework of promoting the normalization of the situation in Yemen, including solving the accumulated social, economic and humanitarian problems.