Kuwait's Yemen Envoy Resumes Duties From Aden

Kuwait's Foreign Ministry on Friday announced the resumption of the country's diplomatic activity in Yemen from the southern city of Aden instead of capital Sanaa.



"This is part of the country's [Kuwait's] support for legitimacy in Yemen, represented by President ABD Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, and goes in line with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) initiative," Kuwait's official news agency "ed a foreign ministry source as saying.



"The decision responds to what was been agreed upon by GCC foreign ministers at a recent meeting, reflected in a final statement that reiterated support to legitimate authority in Yemen, as well as United Nations Security Council Resolution 2201," the source was "ed as saying.



Last September, Kuwaiti diplomats in Yemen left Sanaa en masse after the Shiite Houthi group tightened its grip on the capital.



Earlier Friday, the UAE, too, announced that its embassy in Yemen would resume operations from Aden. One day earlier, Saudi Arabia had made a similar announcement.



Earlier this month, Hadi fled Sanaa – where he had been placed under house arrest by the Houthis – to Aden.



Upon his arrival in the southern city, Hadi declared himself Yemen's "legitimate" leader, going on to assert that all Houthi decrees issued since last September were "null" and "illegitimate."



The Houthi group, for its part, has vowed to prosecute government officials loyal to Hadi, who the Shiite group considers "illegitimate."



On Feb. 6, the Houthis issued a "constitutional declaration" dissolving parliament and establishing a 551-member transitional council.



The declaration, however, was rejected by most of Yemen's political forces – along with some neighboring Gulf countries – which described it as a "coup against constitutional legitimacy."



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