PNN – One of the Chinese media, in response to the attacks of American and British fighters on Yemen, emphasized that peace and tranquility cannot be restored to the Red Sea with military means.
According to Pakistan News Network, American and British fighter jets targeted several targets in Sana’a, the capital of Yemen, the city of Hodeidah in the west of the Red Sea, and the province of Saada, which is expected to witness an increase in tensions in the Red Sea.
The airstrikes came as the United Nations Security Council on Thursday issued a resolution against Yemen on the situation in the Red Sea, calling on Sana’a authorities to immediately end attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea.
The Global Times newspaper wrote: This resolution may have created the illusion for the US and British military leaders that it has given the green light to attack Yemen.
This Chinese publication emphasized that peace and tranquility cannot be restored to the Red Sea with military means.
Chinese officials said on Thursday that the Red Sea is an important international trade route for the transfer of goods and energy and its stability is related to the common interests of the international community, stressing that no country should use the relevant provisions in this resolution to increase new tensions in Red Sea to abuse. Some US allies, including Jordan, Oman and Saudi Arabia, expressed concern that the situation could get out of hand.
Nabil Khoury, the former deputy of the US Embassy in Yemen, said on his personal page on the X social network (former Twitter): The campaign of airstrikes by Washington and London in this country is another failure of Biden’s diplomacy.
Referring to the dire situation in the Middle East, the Global Times emphasized that not only has there been no ceasefire between Israel and Palestine, but the conflicts in the Red Sea are increasing.
The representatives of the High Political Committee of the Yemeni Armed Forces said: All the interests of Washington and London are considered as our legitimate goals to compensate for the attacks of the United States and England on the positions of this country.
This Chinese media stated that the White House officials have created this situation in the Middle East with illogical and crude strategic plans, and emphasized that the use of force as the main tool cannot solve the problem, but instead makes the situation worse and more complicated. Finally, we must return to the path of political settlement. The same is true for Israel’s attack on the Gaza Strip. But military tools, which are considered the easiest method for Washington, have been used in many countries, including Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, and now Yemen, and they have failed every time.
Chinese officials have repeatedly emphasized the urgency of a cease-fire in Gaza and consider it the main priority of international political efforts.
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has visited the Middle East four times in the past three months, but during this trip he avoided the phrase “immediate ceasefire”.
Global Times stated that the current crisis in the Red Sea will be resolved with the implementation of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, noting that if Washington continues on its current path, it will not solve the problem of the Middle East, but will become an active promoter of the spread of danger.