(MENAFN- Saudi Press Agency)
Q: As long as it controls the Yemeni territory, why the legitimate authority does not move to Yemen?
A: The legitimate authority always moves between Yemen and Saudi Arabia. It has been in Aden for a long time, and they always avoid having the president and vice president both in Yemen to mitigate the danger of the liquidation of Yemeni legitimacy.
Q: There is talk about a disagreement between Saudi Arabia and the UAE about Islah group and their role in the war and the future of Yemen.
A: rumors are too many and sure enemies want to create as much rumors as possible among allies.
Q: Why are the areas under the control of al-Houthi more secure and stable, like Sanaa, than the legitimacy's areas, especially in Taiz and Aden?
A: I want your source of information, and I totally doubt this.
Q: Some reports say that the Coalition's intelligence is ineffective because the Houthi and Saleh still have stocks of weapons?
A: We can uproot the Houthi and Saleh in a few days and we can mobilize the Saudi land forces alone and in a few days, all areas and the remaining 15% under the control of Houthi and Ali Abdullah Saleh can be uprooted by us, but the result will be thousands of casualties in our forces. We will open condolences in every Saudi city. The second result would be very high Yemeni civilian casualties and very large losses, and time and patience are in our side and we have the supply and we have all logistic supplies and our moral is high. The enemy has no supply, no money and no patience, time is in our side and we will take advantage of the time which is in our side. If you do not take advantage of the time that is in our side, we will give service to the enemy.
Q: There are repeated proposals by Ali Saleh, can this be a way to isolate Houthi?
A: Ali Abdullah Saleh has a very big disagreement with Houthi and we know that today he is under the control of Houthi and under the custody of Houthi, if not under the control of Houthi, his position will be completely different from his position today without a doubt, Ali Abdullah Saleh if he left Sana'a to another area his position will be completely different from his position today, today he may be forced on many of the positions he mentioned.
Q: He put forward an initiative when his son came early in the war and you refused?
A: It is true that we were trying to make a political initiative to avoid war and we were opening a discussion line at that time, provided they did not approach Aden, because if they approached Aden, it would be very difficult to discuss a political solution. Houthi is courting in Yemen. Unfortunately, the desired result did not happen and were forced to enter operations.
Q: There are forces that don't support the legitimacy or the coup, why the kingdom does not open line with them?
A: All lines are open, whether forces supporting the legitimacy or forces of Ali Abdullah Saleh, or not supporting both sides and every day more are attracted.
Q: Tribes of northern Yemen, did they hide neutrality? You met the tribes, how did you see them today?
A: There is no doubt that enthusiasm has been very high among them, and they all hate the Houthi group very much and want to get rid of it as soon as possible so that they can devote themselves to Yemen's development programs.
A: I go back to the subject of Egypt. Relations with Egypt were excellent. Then, Egyptian media began to suggests that relations almost broke, what is happening?
Q: You mean the Egyptian Brotherhood media. The media criticizing Saudi Arabia or the Saudi-Egyptian relationship is the same criticizing President Sisi, and the Saudi-Egyptian relationship is a strong and solid relationship in the deepest roots of relations between countries and is not affected in any way. The history of Egypt and Saudi Arabia always stand with each other. All the circumstances and at all times did not change this thing and no negative attitude has been taken by the Egyptian government towards Saudi Arabia, and no single negative attitude has been taken by the Saudi government towards the Egyptian government. The two countries have completely supporting each other at the level of the two governments and peoples. Without a doubt, the enemies of Saudi Arabia and Egypt will try to create rumors in one form or another, whether from Iranian propaganda or Brotherhood propaganda to cause a rift in the Saudi-Egyptian relationship, and the leadership of the two countries does not pay attention to these polemics and trivialities.
Q: You mentioned the subject of King Salman bridge between Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Do you bet on it?
A: True, and the bridge after it was approved, the competent teams started working in offices, not in front of the media, and it will be announced at the time of laying the foundation stone with full details, and the time of laying the foundation stone is before 2020 without a doubt.
Q: The islands, have you ended the subject of the islands?
A: Originally, there was no problem with the islands.
Q: We heard the Egyptian media talk about the subject that it is within the courts?
A: What occurred almost a year ago is only a delineation of the maritime boundaries, the islands are registered with Egypt as Saudi islands and are registered in Saudi Arabia as Saudi islands and also registered in the international centers as Saudi islands, it was only demarcation of the maritime borders and Egypt did not give up any inch of its territory and Saudi Arabia did not give up any inch of its territory. The demarcation of the border came for reasons of economic benefits that may be created after the demarcation of these borders, especially King Salman Bridge, oil supplies, gas supplies, power supplies or trains, or roads that will target the port in North Sinai and exports of Gulf States to Europe.
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