The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kuwait strongly denounced on Monday the Houthi militias for hijacking a UAE-flagged cargo ship while en route from Yemen to Saudi Arabia.
“This shameful criminal act proves once again the Houthi militias’ persistence in violating the rules of the international law and posing a grave threat to international maritime navigation,” the Ministry said in a statement.
It stressed the need of an urgent response from the international community, notably the UN Security Council, to prevent recurrence of such serious acts which jeopardize the world’s peace and security, and the international shipping routes.
The hijacked vessel was carrying equipment from a decommissioned field hospital in Socotra island in the Arabian Sea to the Saudi port of Jizan.
Source: Kuwait News Agency