His Excellency Marshal/ Mahdi Al-Mashat, President of the Supreme Political Council, met on 16th of Sha'aban 1444 with the Minister of Transport- Abdul Wahhab Al-Durra, and the Chairman of the Civil Aviation and Meteorology Authority- Dr. Mohammed Abdulkader.

During the meeting, they discussed the obstacles created by the countries of the American-Saudi aggression and the United Nations, which express their policy of continuing the siege that has been imposed on the Yemeni people and doubling their suffering.

President Al-Mashat stressed that the complete opening of Sana'a airport and the seaport of Hodeidah and lifting the  land, air and sea blockad is a right for the Yemeni people and is not a favor from anyone.

He said: "We will not allow the continuation of the blockade and the restriction of flights to and from Sana'a International Airport, and if the blockade continues, we will take the necessary steps to lift it of our people."

His Excellency the President alsp indicated that the American military presence and any other foreign presence in Yemen is a temporary occupation, and they will get out of it willingly or unwillingly, and that the Yemeni people will not make all these sacrifices to accept the infringement of one atom of the soil of their land, or one drop of their sea water, and that the coasts of Yemen and its islands will remain an exclusive right for the Yemenis.”

He added, "Let the traitors in the occupied territories know that no matter how much they are the mounts of the Americans, they will end up as the mounts of the Americans in Vietnam and Afghanistan."

On 13th of Sha'aban 1444, the Minister of Transport- Abdul Wahhab Yahya, inspected the execution of development and construction works at Sana'a International Airport.

The Minister Al-Durrah, accompanied by the Chairman of CAMA- Dr. Mohammed Abdulkader, the President of the Roads and Bridges Authority- Abdul-Rahman Al-Hadhrami, and CAMA’s Deputy Chairman- Raed Jabal, were briefed on the main technology for the safety and security of passengers, air navigation, and electrical installations at the airport in accordance with the international requirements and stipulations in force that are applied by the International Civil Aviation Organization. ICAO".

They also listened from the Director of Sana'a International Airport- Khaled Al-Shayef, to a clarification about the procedures, facilities and services provided to passengers through Jordan's sole destination, as well as to the United Nations staff and its affiliated organizations that arrive and depart from and to Sana'a International Airport.

The Minister of Transport and his companions also inspected the progress of work in the rehabilitation of the VIP lounge and the arrival, departure and transit lounges at the airport, which were destroyed by the air raids of the American-Saudi-Emirati coalition aggression, and they also listened from the specialized engineers to an explanation about the project of rehabilitation of the airport facilities with the required specifications, standards, and the commitment to completing them on time.

The Minister of Transport also stressed on the necessity of adhering to the schedule specified for the completion of works according to the agreed specifications and standards, stressing the interest of the state leadership in the Republic's airports in general and Sana'a International Airport in particular.

In addition, a meeting was held in Sana'a International Airport, chaired by the Minister of Transport- Abdul Wahhab Al-Durra, discussing the mechanism for developing work between the Civil Aviation and Meteorological Authority and the General Corporation for Roads and Bridges in executing the projects in Sana'a, Taiz and Hodeidah International Airports.

The meeting, which was attended by the Chairman of CAMA- Dr. Mohammed Abdulkader, the President of the General Corporation for Roads and Bridges- Abdul Rahman Al-Hadrami, the CAMA’s Deputy Chairman- Raed Jabal, and the director of Sana’a International Airport- Khaled Al-Shayef, discussed the restoration and rehabilitation works in the important facilities at the airports of Sana’a, Taiz and Hodeidah.

In the meantime, the Minister of Transport also stressed on the importance of completing the projects in the airports of Sana'a, Taiz and Hodeidah in accordance with the international specifications and standards in force at international airports.

He pointed out that the rehabilitation of Taiz and Hodeidah airports is one of the important strategic projects for which plans have been prepared by the Civil Aviation and Meteorology Authority.

Whereas, the Chairman of CAMA indicated that the development plans and studies for Taiz and Hodeidah airports are ready with the authority, and were prepared in accordance with the international requirements and standards that are applied by the International Civil Aviation Organization "ICAO".

On his part, the President of the Roads and Bridges Corporation affirmed the Corporation's readiness to execute the works and allocate its capabilities in executing the projects in Sana'a, Taiz and Hodeidah airports in accordance with the international specifications.

The Deputy Chairman of CAMA- Raed Jabal stressed that the coalition aggression led by Saudi Arabia is working directly to obstruct the opening of new destinations through Sana'a International Airport, which results in prolonging the suffering of the Yemeni people in general and patients in particular.

"The Saudi aggression and its mercenaries are continuing their procrastination and intransigence by not opening any new destinations that would contribute to alleviating the suffering of patients," Jabal said in a statement to the Yemeni News Agency (Saba).

He pointed out that the destination of Cairo is still closed, and the conduct of civil flights to it is directly dependent on the approval of Riyadh, which, along with its mercenaries, have been obstructing the conduct of flights to Cairo since the beginning of the truce until today.. pointing out that opening a destination to India is subject to the approval of the coalition aggression.

And he also indicated that the coalition aggression  and its mercenaries refused to add any flights to Jordan, except for the three weekly flights, which do not even meet the needs of the patients.

He held, the coalition aggression and its mercenaries, responsible for continuing to impose an unjustified ban on Sana'a airport in front of all civil airlines, and refusing to operate flights to all the destinations as a legal right of the Yemeni people.

On 13th Shaban 1444, a meeting at CAMA's Head Office chaired by the Deputy Minister of Transport- Mohammed Al-Hashemi, discussed setting the priorities for the plans and projects of the Civil Aviation and Meteorology Authority (CAMA) for the year 1445 AH.

The meeting, in the presence of the Chairman of CAMA- Dr. Mohammed Abdulkader, the Head of the main executive unit at the Ministry of Transport- Eng. Nazir Al-Dubaei, and the Director General of Strategic Planning and Quality Auditing, the Head of the sub-unit in the Authority- Hashim Abdulkader, reviewed the program for preparing priorities for the projects of CAMA for the next year 1445 AH according to the determinants and indicative guidelines and their financing mechanisms.

At the meeting, the Deputy Minister of Transport affirmed the keenness of the ministry and its affiliated authorities and corporations to execute the transport sector projects according to what was included in the plan for the year 1444 AH, based on the available capabilities.

And he also indicated that everyone is working on one track, and a team was formed from the executive unit in the ministry and the authority to prepare the evaluation mechanism, forms and stereotypes during the field visit to the authorities and corporations affiliated with the ministry, to assess the level of performance and review the mid-term completion report for the work plan for the year 1444 AH.

Al-Hashemi also stressed that the ministry's work priorities require achievement and implementation on the ground, in a way that contributes to the promotion and development of the various transport sectors, praising the efforts of CAMA in developing the performance of Sana'a International Airport in accordance with international technical requirements.

Whereas the Chairman of CAMA reviewed the projects and programs executed by the authority by self-financing despite the scarcity of capabilities, stressing that projects have been executed in Sana’a International Airport that are of importance to the continuity of the airport’s work to provide the services as required according to international standards and requirements and developments in the civil aviation sector.

He also explained that the authority has strategic projects and activities that have top priorities, but it needs support to raise the level of air navigational services and other activities of the authority, noting that the authority works in accordance with the international requirements issued by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), indicating that the authority, despite the challenges of aggression and blockade, provides its air navigation services for civil aviation efficiently and works to develop its sectors and rehabilitate the airports.

Meanwhile, the head of the executive unit at the Ministry of Transport discussed the basic determinants that must be applied during the development of the plan for the year 1445 AH, including the determinants for selecting priorities, formulating them, determining their status and reference, and the justifications for setting the priority and the degree of its importance.

He also pointed out the importance of formulating and crystallizing them into general policies or directives, and not drafting them in the form of a project only.

The meeting was attended by the Director of the Strategic Planning Department, member of the Executive Unit of the National Vision at the Authority- Mohammed Hizam Al-Nahmi, and the planning specialist, member of the Executive Unit of the National Vision- Mohammed Al-Sairafi.