"A Russian plane which is waiting for an opportunity to continue the evacuation of Russian nationals from Yemen is staying at Cairo airport. Everything will depend on adjacent countries, including Saudi Arabia," the Russian diplomats said without giving any other information.
A Saudi-led coalition of Arab states which is carrying out a military operation against Houthi fighters in Yemen has turned away a Russian plane that wanted to evacuate Russian nationals from the conflict-stricken country, the Al Mayadeen TV channel said on its website on Wednesday.
"The Saudi-led coalition has banned a Russian plane from evacuating Russian nationals from Yemen despite a preliminary reached agreement," Al Mayadeen said without giving any further comments or explanations.
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- Last week, the Saudi Air Force supported by Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates bombed the positions of Shia rebels / supporters of the Ansar Alllah group/ in the territory of Yemen. Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Pakistan and Sudan also joined the Saudi-led military operation with an aim to return Yemen’s President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi and his government to power.
Since August 2014, Yemen has been hit by a severe political and security crisis. In late January, the armed groups of Ansar Allah (Houthi rebels) forced the president and the government to step down.
The rebels later took control of the country’s capital and several northern provinces. They also announced the adoption of the so-called constitutional declaration.
Overnight to March 26, Saudi Arabia launched a military operation in the neighboring country and delivered air strikes at several Houthi positions.
Pro-government forces regained control of the Aden airport last week, while Yemeni President Abd Rabbah Mansur Hadi fled the country to Saudi Arabia.
The United Nations evacuated all international staff from Yemen on March 31. Germany, the United States, Turkey and Japan had also suspended their embassies’ operation in Yemen.
Meanwhile, a Russian embassy source told TASS on March 26 that Russia was not planning to evacuate its diplomats from Yemen so far.
[tass.ru]
2/4/15
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La chaîne souligne qu’une entente concernant l’atterrissage de l’appareil avait été conclue auparavant.
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ReplyDeleteSaudi Arabia has guaranteed that it will let through to Yemen’s Sanaa two Russian planes for evacuation of Russian nationals from the country, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.
The foreign ministry said that evacuation of 150 Russian citizens, including embassy staff, was planned for April 1. However, despite Saudi Arabia’s guarantees to allow Russian planes through to Sanaa, Saudi air force blocked their entry to Yemen’s airspace.
"As a result of active diplomatic efforts, military and political authorities of the Kingdom [Saudi Arabia] gave guarantees that Russian planes flying to Sanaa will have no difficulties in fulfilling their humanitarian tasks. Today, on April 2, two Russian planes will arrive in Sanaa. We expect the Saudi side to fulfill its guarantees," the foreign ministry said. According to a military-diplomatic source, at least three aircraft of Russia’s Defence Ministry will help evacuate Russian citizens.
"The evacuation effort involves military and transport aircraft of Russia’s Air Force. At least three aircraft will be used," the source said, adding that one of the planes was at the airfield in Cairo this morning.................http://tass.ru/en/world/786684
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