President Al-Zubaidi meets southern leaders of Riyadh consultations and stresses: “We aim to no authority but right of the people of the South of self-determination”
SMA NEWS – RIYADH
The President of the Southern Transitional Council (STC), Supreme Commander of the Southern Armed Forces, President Aidarous Qassem Al-Zubaidi, affirmed that the leadership of STC is keen to be present in the political battle to serve the cause of the people of the South, and to achieve their aspirations to restore their state.
This came during a Ramadan meeting with the southern leaders participating in the Riyadh consultations, on Friday evening, at his residence in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, in which President Al-Zubaidi added: “We were clear with everyone that we are not looking for an authority, and we are here to extract the right of the people of the South and to achieve their aspirations to restore their independent state.”
President Al-Zubaidi addressed the attendees, saying, “We have a great responsibility towards our people and their cause and victory for their rights and aspirations, and you all have to bear your responsibilities with honesty and sincerity, and the political action is a collective action, today we have to be at the level of the national responsibility that we have shouldered.”
President Al-Zubaidi pointed out that the participation of STC in the Riyadh consultations was positive and fruitful and strengthened the presence of the cause of the people of the South before the regional and international decision-making.
President Al-Zubaidi added, “Our participation in the Riyadh consultations was positive and represented a new turning point in our southern political struggle, through which we were able to impose the cause of our people and the international negotiations by placing a special framework for it on the table of a comprehensive solution.”
President Al-Zubaidi continued by saying: “We have to look at what we have achieved so far realistically and without exaggeration, after we were completely absent, today we became part of the decision-making circle and we worked with all our might to impose political and economic reforms to save our people who were economically and socially exhausted by corruption and mismanagement.” .
In his speech to the attendees, President Al-Zubaidi expressed his thanks and gratitude to the brothers in the countries of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC), led by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates for the tremendous efforts they made and are still making to end the conflict and bring peace to our country, praising the great success achieved in the Riyadh consultations.
At the conclusion of his speech, President Al-Zubaidi called on the leaders of the Southern Transitional Council to return to the capital, Aden, to work in all directions, stressing the need to exploit opportunities to build state institutions and improve the living reality of our people in the South.
