Red Sea, “US pressure on Beijing” to stop the Houthis: the FT revelation

The United States has called on China to urge Tehran to rein in Houthi rebels attacking commercial ships in the Red Sea, but has received little response of help from Beijing. This was revealed by some American authorities cited by the Financial Times. From what we have learned, the issue has been raised repeatedly over the past three months to senior Chinese officials. They were asked to convey a warning to Iran not to fuel tensions in the Middle East. US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and his deputy, Jon Finer, discussed this issue in meetings this month in Washington with Liu Jianchao, head of the Chinese Communist Party’s international department. On the other hand, tensions triggered by the Yemeni armed group are causing a crisis in international trade. Precisely for this reason, the European Union is preparing substantial action to defend itself against the Houthis. The project aims to restore and maintain security in a section that covers a navigation area from the Suez Canal to the Strait of Hormuz.

In response to the Houthis’ “continued attacks” against ships transiting the Red Sea, “the militaries of the United States and United Kingdom, with support from Australia, Bahrain, Canada, the Netherlands and New Zealand”, conducted additional attacks against eight targets in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, in accordance with the inherent right to individual and collective self-defense, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations. This is what we read in a statement released by the White House. “These attacks – we also read in the text that reports a joint statement by the governments of Albania, Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Guinea-Bissau, Hungary, Italy, Kenya, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro , the Netherlands, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Poland, the Republic of Korea, Romania, the United Kingdom and the United States – sought to block and limit the Houthis’ ability to continue their attacks on global commerce and mariners. world, avoiding escalation”.

“The more than thirty attacks that the Houthis have launched against commercial and military ships since mid-November – he continues – constitute a threat to all countries that depend on international maritime transport. also emphasize that those who supply weapons to the Houthis to conduct these attacks are violating UN Security Council Resolution 2216 and international law. The international response of 22 January to the Houthi’s continued attacks demonstrated a shared will to defend human rights and freedoms of navigation and to defend the lives of sailors against illegal and unjustifiable attacks”, he concludes.

Source: IL Tempo

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