According to the international news agency, these views were expressed by the Houthi chief negotiator and spokesman, Mohammed Abdulsalam, in a statement released on the social networking website X.
He denied reports of a complete closure of the strait and clarified that the naval blockade is only against Saudi Arabia. The international waterway is fully open to all other ships. Houthi spokesman Mohammed Abdulsalam said that the Saudi blockade was carried out in response to the siege of Yemen and its refusal to accept a fair solution that guarantees the security, sovereignty and freedom of the Yemeni people.
Spokesman Mohammed Abdulsalam stressed that the aim of the Houthi actions is not to stop international maritime trade, but to increase pressure on Saudi Arabia so that progress can be made towards resolving the Yemeni crisis.
It should be noted that Ansar Allah, commonly known as the Houthi movement, Several ships have been targeted in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden since October 2023 to show solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza, but now the Saudi blockade has also been lifted.