Siege against Syria and Yemen is the main reason of their humanitarian crisis, says Yemeni ambassador

Damascus, (ST) –  The Yemeni ambassador in Damascus, Abdullah Sabri, affirmed the unity of stance with Syria and the common destiny that unite the two peoples. He stressed that, the coercive  economic blockade imposed by the United States and the West on the two peoples constitutes the main reason of the humanitarian crisis in both countries.

The ambassador’s statement came during a political symposium on the steadfastness of the Yemeni people entitled “Yemen ..Seven Years of Steadfastness,” organized by the Arab Writers Union in cooperation with the Yemeni Al Masirah TV, which celebrates the 10th anniversary of its launch, at the Dama Rose Hotel in Damascus.

Sabri stressed that the coercive economic blockade imposed by the United States and the West on the two peoples constitutes the main reason of the humanitarian crisis in both countries.

For his part, Mohamed Al-Hourani, the Chairman of the Union, expressed the writers and intellectuals’ support to Yemeni people in their struggle and their rejection of normalization in all its forms and in defending their land and rights.

Raghda Sawas