Yemen, all the tensions between international chancelleries over the Houthis
The situation after the attack launched last night by the USA and Great Britain on the Yemeni Houthis.
Very high tension between international chancelleries after the attack launched last night by the USA and Great Britain on the Yemeni Houthis.
Here's the thing.
THE MOVE AND WORDS OF AMERICA
The United States will not “hesitate to take further action” against the Houthis if necessary, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said aboard Air Force One. “The Houthis are the ones who wanted an escalation here,” he says. Asked whether there were any economic impacts as a result of the attacks, Kirby said no. Asked whether the US considers the Houthis to be a terrorist organisation, Kirby replied that "no decision has yet been made", underlining that the Houthis had previously been removed from the list of foreign terrorist organisations.
THE POSITION OF Türkiye AND RUSSIA
After Iran's immediate reaction in the early hours of the morning, Russia and Turkey also condemned the Anglo-American operation with harsh words. The Kremlin, through its spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, defines the attacks as "illegitimate", and a statement from the spokesperson of Sergei Lavrov, Moscow's Foreign Minister, "strongly condemns these irresponsible actions" and adds that "a military escalation in the Sea region Red could cause a destabilization of the situation throughout the Middle East."
ERDOGAN'S ROUGH WORDS
Even harsher are the words of the Turkish president, Receep Erdogan, according to which the USA and Great Britain "intend to make the Red Sea a sea of blood". The Turkish president speaks of a “disproportionate action” “against which Iran will also want to defend itself. The Houthis, however, will continue to respond with all the forces they have and we have our sources who tell us that they have responded and will respond to the attacks,” he continues. A Houthi spokesperson confirms Erdogan's words and threatens: "it is not possible for us not to respond to these operations".
WHAT THE HOUTHIS SAY
The Houthis say that the attacks caused "the death of five Ansar Allah fighters and the wounding of six others" and reiterate that they will continue to "target Israeli ships". Washington and London defend the operation.
WHAT BIDEN SAYS
The attacks, says US President Joe Biden, are a “clear message that the United States and its partners will not tolerate attacks on their personnel or allow hostile actors to endanger freedom of navigation in one of the world's most vulnerable trade routes. criticisms of the world".
SUNAK'S COMMENT
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, today visiting Kiev, also holds the point and adds that the United Kingdom must send a "strong signal" and that the attacks by the Houthi rebels in the Red Sea are wrong and cannot be carried out "with impunity" . The United Kingdom's objective is to "de-escalate" and "restore stability" in the region.
TAJANI'S WORDS
“We have joined a political declaration condemning the Houthi attacks on merchant ships in the Red Sea, we have always condemned their action, we participate with our navy in the Atalanta (EU) operation which guarantees the safety of maritime transport. There is another American and British initiative, we believe it is legitimate, but Italy cannot participate in war missions if there is no approval from Parliament." Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said this to Tg2 Post.
For the defense of maritime traffic in the Red Sea, Italy "works on a European mission with broader tasks than the current one, Atalanta, dedicated above all to the fight against piracy", the Foreign Minister also told Tg2 Post speaking of the threats of the Houthis. “We are in constant contact with European allies and the next meeting of the Foreign Council already has the European mission in the Red Sea on the agenda. There is Spanish resistance but we will see what will be decided, but Italy together with France has asked and obtained that the decision to create a new mission or a larger mission of Atalanta be put on the agenda, to which we are already participating."
The Houthi attacks in the Red Sea have an important "economic impact, because for example the transport of a container from the Mediterranean to China costs 4 times more than 15 days ago, insurance has increased by 3 percent, and times are longer because you have to go around Africa if you don't pass through Suez, so it is the Italian ports that suffer the damage", added Tajani to Tg2 Post: "Until a few days ago, around 400 ships passed through Suez every day, today 250 pass, so almost half”.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/yemen-tutte-le-tensioni-fra-le-cancellerie-internazionali-sugli-houthi/ on Fri, 12 Jan 2024 20:22:51 +0000.