The Yemeni Foreign Minister Abu Baker al-Qiribi said on Wednesday that al-Qaeda and the Houthis are two faces of the same coin, stressing that the government will do everything it can in order to make sure" these cancer cells" don't spread.In an interview with the Saudi al-Watan newspaper, al-Qiribi considered the Friends of Yemen meeting as a rescue rope for the Yemeni economy which is on the verge of collapse due to the one-year plus crisis that strongly impacted an already struggling economy.
Speaking about the unemployment, he said before the unrest broke out last year, the unemployment rate among the adults was estimated at 35 percent, but noted that the unemployment rate went even higher. He linked the soaring unemployment rate with the active terrorism in the country.
With regards to Iran, al-Qiribi said Tehran does not respect its neighbors and that it keeps interfering in Yemen's internal affairs."Even though we urged Iran many times not to meddle in our affairs, Iran continues to support terrorism, to foment chaos, and to ignite and fund conflicts in Yemen," said al-Qiribi.
The official pointed out that fighting terrorism is not enough alone as another kind of war has to accompany it. "Another fight of ideologies and thoughts has to take place against the cut-thoats' misconceptions of Islam." Al-Qiribi said, citing the Saudi successful experiment in fighting the Islamic fascisti with both weapons and ideologies. Fighting the thoughts and ideologies is through convincing and clarifying to the people as well as al-Qaeda Islamic fascisti that the terror network is not on the right track and that the snuffies lack understanding in Islam and its teachings.