Outrageous attack

The world has condemned the terrorist Houthi attacks on civilian facilities and areas in the UAE, which led to the death of a number of people.

The tremendous response and the way world parliamentarians reacted have proved that the United Arab Emirates has a strong bonding with the world (“World parliamentarians flay Houthi attack on oil facilities,” Gulf Today, Jan19).

His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, has received a phone call from the Mauritanian president while the Arab League, Pakistan, India, Yemen, Turkey, Germany and Japan expressed solidarity with UAE.

Sheikh Mohamed expressed his deep thanks and appreciation for the sincere feelings expressed by the Mauritanian president and his country’s support of the UAE, and his wishes of undisturbed peace for Mauritania and its people.

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan expressed his country’s condemnation of the heinous terrorist attack perpetrated by the terrorist Houthi militia on civil facilities in the UAE. He affirmed his country’s solidarity with the UAE and rejection of any threat to the security and sovereignty of the Emirates.

The Pakistani prime minister offered his condolences for the victims of these attacks, wishing a speedy recovery for the injured.

The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs has condemned in “the strongest terms” the cowardly terrorist attack that targeted civil facilities and territories in the UAE on Monday.

The Kingdom affirmed its full support for the UAE in the face of all threats to its security and stability. In a statement issued on Monday, the Oman Foreign Ministry expressed its denunciation of the attack that targeted the UAE territories, which resulted in the death and injury to a number of civilians, and affirmed the Sultanate of Oman’s firm position in rejecting violence and targeting of civilians.

Yasmeen Khawaja
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