INTERNATIONAL DESK — Pakistan has denounced Houthi terrorist attacks on Saudi Arabia, while reaffirming its support for Yemen's sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity, according to an official statement issued on Friday. Addressing the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) session, Pakistan's Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Syed Haider Shah, called for an immediate and unconditional cessation of Houthi attacks against the kingdom.
The Pakistani envoy stated this after the adoption of a UNSC resolution renewing the sanctions measures established under resolution 2140 (2014) and extending the mandate of the Panel of Experts supporting the 2140 Committee. Ambassador Shah welcomed the resolution and underscored the importance of the committee's work in promoting peace, security and stability in Yemen. Highlighting the grave security situation in the region, the Pakistani envoy condemned in the strongest terms the continued Houthi terrorist attacks against Saudi Arabia.
The development comes as Houthis claimed on Thursday they had attacked a pumping station on the Saudi East-West oil pipeline, an oil facility in the Saudi Red Sea city of Yanbu, and an Aramco building in the capital, Riyadh. The Saudi-led military coalition fighting the Houthis said later on Thursday it had intercepted and destroyed two drones launched by the group, one in the Riyadh region and another in the kingdom's oil-rich Eastern Province. The ambassador expressed Pakistan's full and unwavering solidarity with the leadership, government and brotherly people of the kingdom, reaffirming Pakistan's resolute support for Saudi Arabia's sovereignty, territorial integrity, security and stability.