Yemen’s stability important for Red Sea security, says Egypt

Egypt’s foreign minister said today that Yemen’s stability is important for security in the region and the Red Sea, Anadolu has reported.

Badr Abdelatty made his comment during a meeting in Cairo with Yemeni Foreign Minister Shaya Zindani. The Egyptian minister affirmed his country’s “firm support for Yemen’s unity, institutions, independence and territorial integrity,” said the foreign ministry.

Yemen has faced unrest since the Houthi militia captured the capital Sanaa and much of the country in 2014 from the internationally-recognised Yemeni government.

The senior diplomat underlined support for efforts aimed at reaching a comprehensive political solution to the Yemeni crisis, “in a way that meets the aspirations of the Yemeni people and ends their humanitarian suffering.”

Tension has begun to ease in the Red Sea after a ceasefire agreement that halted Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip came into force on 19 January. Almost 50,000 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli occupation regime since October, 2023.

Throughout the genocide, the Houthis carried out drone and missile attacks on Israeli-owned or linked cargo ships in the Red Sea in a show of support for the Palestinians in Gaza. The attacks have caused a sharp decline in the revenue of Egypt’s Suez Canal, a major source of foreign currency. In late December, Egypt said that the canal revenue dropped $7 billion during 2024 due to the Red Sea tension.

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