The Yemeni government protested on Thursday against what it called “functions’ transgression” by officials representing the United Nations Verification and Inspection Mechanism for Yemen (UNVIM) and the director of the office of UN Envoy to Yemen Martin Griffith.
This came in a letter the Yemeni Minister of Foreign Affairs, Khaled Al-Yamani, sent to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, and published on the official Twitter account of the Ministry.
Al-Yamani said that UN officials held a meeting with the Houthi authorities in Sana’a last Saturday to “discuss the procedures for starting the UN Verification and Inspection Mechanism for Yemen (UNVIM) at Al-Hudaydah ports under the control of the Houthis.”
He added that his government rejects these “irresponsible” practices, which cannot be carried out without direct instructions of the UN Envoy to Yemen, Martin Griffith, and without the understanding, coordination and approval of the Yemeni government.
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