The UK has launched a Yemeni coast guard coalition in partnership with the EU, Saudi Arabia, US and Japan.
British Ambassador to Yemen Abda Sharif chaired the first meeting of the group, which aims to support the Yemeni Coast Guard in securing international waters, combating weapons and drugs smuggling, and reducing “unsafe” immigration.
The coalition will be the steering committee for the Yemen Maritime Security Partnership, a Saudi and British initiative founded in September to train the coast guard.
The committee also “reaffirmed the importance” of strengthening human rights-based approaches to security and “increasing women’s meaningful participation”, in a joint statement on Monday.
The US Coast Guard seized advanced weapons and lethal aid from Iran, destined for Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen in the Red Sea. Centcom
Yemen’s Red Sea coast is an important section of global shipping routes – but also a haven for smuggling an
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