Al-Qirbi: government aims at establishing peace in Saada

SANA'A, Sep. 15 (Saba)-
Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Qirbi has said that the goal of the Yemeni government
is to regain
peace in Saada and not to give a chance to terrorism elements to group together and
get prepared for a new battle.

He added that this is the option of the government which gave a number of
conditions for al-Houthis and called them to accept them, affirming readiness to
hold dialogue
over the various issues.
In an interview with Aljazeera satellite channel on Monday, he said "we have always
said that military solution is not the solution but it makes it easy to reach a
solution
and, therefore, the military operations are to rescue civilians in Saada." He also
said that the government resorted to the military action to reach that goal and the
door
is open if the rebels want to start a dialogue with the government within the
framework of the constitution and law.
In response to a question on the possibility to re-open the dialogue door through
the Doha agreement, he said Doha principles are included in the six conditions
which the
government set, noting that the Doha agreement, violated by al-Houthis themselves,
created a part of this problem because it gave al-Houthis the feeling that they can
stand
in front of the government.
Asked about if the government wants by the war to weaken al-Houthis and put them in
a critical situation, he made clear that al-Houthis are Yemeni citizens and the
government
bears responsibility to protect all Yemenis and not to cause bloodshed, but the
government is responsible to protect public security and peace in Yemen and its
unity, and
so it will use weapons to keep these pillars erected.
AM/AM