A Saudi maneuver on the eve of the “twentieth”: we want to stop the war

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is trying to improve its image in the world as it prepares to host the 15th session of the “Group of Twenty” summit, next Saturday and Sunday, to represent the greatest opportunity to invest. in a non-file. Riyadh is currently chairing the Rich Countries Forum in what he has touted as an achievement by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and he hopes the affair will be a station to consolidate his position and restore his shattered image, which no Western country has received since the assassination. by journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and Western newspapers have stopped praising his “reformist approach.” ». However, this “achievement” soon faced two main dilemmas this year that hampered the investment plan at the summit. There has been no progress in Ibn Salman’s continued “isolation” in the West since Khashoggi’s assassination, and the young prince’s bad reputation continued to worsen as the Yemen war continued. Later, the Corona pandemic came to change concerns and priorities and impose a virtual summit, reducing its glare.

On this, and in a context separate from the accounts of the change in the US administration, Riyadh seeks, according to informed sources, to commercialize a change in its policy that does not reflect the reality of all rounds of negotiations behind the scenes, as the Saudi administration it is uncompromising in its position of refusing to lift the siege on Yemen. This is carried out in parallel with the preparations for the summit, promoting the kingdom’s tendency to stop the war in Yemen, in order not to allow the summit to become an occasion to renew criticism of Bin Salman, as the Calls for Western human rights organizations to boycott the summit have increased in recent weeks in the context of the Crown Prince’s “human rights record”. The affair culminated in a German decision to ban the sale of arms to Saudi Arabia.
In this context, Yemeni sources put yesterday the leaks of the agency “Reuters” on the existence of direct Saudi contacts with the movement “Ansar Allah”, in the context of showing Riyadh in a defensive position. These alleged contacts, according to agency sources, led to Riyadh’s approval of the United Nations proposal for a ceasefire in the event that the movement agreed to provide security guarantees represented in the “establishment of a buffer zone. along the kingdom’s borders with northern Yemen, until a United Nations-backed transitional government is formed. ” ». According to this information, Riyadh wants Sanaa’s forces to abandon a corridor along the Saudi border to avoid incursions and artillery fire. In return, the kingdom will ease the air and sea blockade “within the framework of the United Nations proposal.”

Muhammad Ali Al-Houthi denied Reuters leaks on buffer zones

In his tweet yesterday, the head of the Supreme Revolutionary Committee in Sanaa, Muhammad Ali Al-Houthi, commented on the “Reuters” leak, content to deny the border issue. He said: “The Reuters leak on the areas separating the Republic of Yemen and the Kingdom was based on his office in the Emirates, and his office relayed news Wrong, it may be a service for Emirates affiliated factions to psychologically pressure other mercenary factions while the battle continues. It is worth noting that “Reuters” reported that the two sides held talks on the Internet and “recently raised the level of representation in the talks, in which Muhammad Abdul Salam, the main negotiator of the Houthis, and a senior Saudi official. “The report claims that the secret talks have been going on for nearly a year and were halted in the past two months due to the battle for Marib. The agency cites two sources that the US president’s administration Donald Trump “put pressure on the Houthis by threatening to classify the group as a terrorist organization, in support of l you Saudis. ” However, the two sources warned that “any decision Washington makes to blacklist the Houthis, as part of the maximum pressure campaign on Tehran, will be devastating after years of peace efforts led by the special envoy of UN Martin Griffiths and other Western ambassadors. ” They will be less willing to cooperate with Saudi Arabia if Trump implements his threats. “” Foreign Policy “magazine had revealed that the White House was preparing to include” Ansar Allah “on the” list of terrorist groups “in the context of the “scorched earth” policy followed by the administration, considering the decision “would hamper the work of President-elect Joe Biden’s administration in the future.”

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