Kuwait has announced a decision to reopen its diplomatic mission in Yemen’s southern coastal city of Aden, where former President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi plans to establish a rival power base.
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“In the framework of supporting constitutional legitimacy in Yemen represented in … Hadi... the state of Kuwait has decided to reopen its embassy in the city of Aden," Kuwait's KUNA news agency quoted the foreign ministry as saying on Saturday.
The decision was in accordance with an agreement by foreign ministers of the six [Persian] Gulf Cooperation Council member states, the ministry claimed.
Earlier this week, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia also announced that they would reopen their Yemen embassies in Aden instead of the capital city of Sana'a.
The three Arab countries were among a number of states that recently closed their embassies and evacuated all their diplomatic staff in Yemen over what they call security concerns.
Hadi, along with the cabinet of Prime Minister Khaled Bahah stepped down on January 22, but the Yemeni parliament didn't approve the resignation.
The Yemeni president left his home in Sana’a on February 21 after weeks under effective house arrest and went to Aden, where he officially withdrew his resignation and highlighted his determination to resume duties.
He also called on the Ansarullah revolutionaries to relinquish power and leave the capital.
The Ansarullah movement, however, said that Hadi had lost his legitimacy as head of state and was being sought as a fugitive from justice.
In September 2014, the Ansarullah fighters gained control of Sana’a after Yemeni political parties failed to put aside differences and fill the power vacuum.
A few months later, they dissolved the parliament and announced a constitutional declaration on the Transitional National Council, following weeks of clashes with government forces.
The Ansarullah revolutionaries say the Yemeni government has been incapable of properly running the affairs of the country and providing security.
The Ansarullah movement played a key role in the 2011 popular uprising that forced dictator Ali Abdullah Saleh to quit after 33 years in power. /SR
