Yemen: Saleh decries Saudi aggression in exclusive RT interview

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Former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh slammed Saudi Arabia's aggression against Yemen, amid their bombing campaign in the country, during an exclusive interview with RT's Salam Musafir in Sanaa, Thursday. SOT, Ali Abdullah Saleh, former Yemeni President (Arabic): "At the moment the dialogue is based upon the necessity of a universal and complete ceasefire on the ground, at sea and in the airspace. But we are talking about our conflict with the Saudi regime, and not about the conflict with other countries. We do not have any contradictions or conflict with other countries, we have disagreements and conflict with Saudi Arabia. It attacked us, rather than we. They [Saudi] kill our women, old people and children. Why? We never had any religious disputes. Why have they emerged now? We have our own religious beliefs – you have your own. Why do you kill the Yemeni people, who are your neighbours and brothers?" SOT, Ali Abdullah Saleh, former Yemeni President (Arabic): "Ansar Allah [Houthis] have the legitimate power, which they took by force from Hadi, after Hadi ran away. Now they represent the legitimate power in Sanaa. Hadi ran away. He has no legitimate power. His legitimacy is announced in accordance with the resolution 2216. The draft resolution was prepared by Saudi Arabia, which passed it to the United Kingdom. And the UK, in its turn, brought the draft resolution in the UN Security Council, where it was adopted despite the fact that the Russian Federation abstained the vote." SOT, Ali Abdullah Saleh, former Yemeni President (Arabic): "Al-Qaeda sells and gets income, money. This happens in full view of the Saudi regime. They tell the world, which does not want to understand anything: we are against Al-Qaeda. What Al-Qaeda, what Daesh? [IS] They are Daesh [IS]. They are Al-Qaeda. This regime is known to everyone. It buys the conscience of people, making deals buying and selling weapons, political deals, paying money to the people of influence in different countries of the world." SOT, Ali Abdullah Saleh, former Yemeni President (Arabic): "We insistently push towards such concessions, which do not involve the sovereignty of Yemen and the dignity of the Yemeni people. A political dialogue, a new transition period, the formation of a new government with the involvement of all political parties. Or the return of the government which was headed by Khaled Bahah, which was recognised and had the confidence of the house of delegates. This government would return for a 30-60 days term, would prepare the presidential elections and parliamentary elections. We have no objections. [This is possible] under the command of the Bahah government because it has legitimacy. And Hadi lost legitimacy." SOT, Ali Abdullah Saleh, former Yemeni President (Arabic): "It is said that Ali Abdullah Saleh has $60 billion in Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar. If it is so, then let them pass it to the current Yemeni government, the government of Hadi. Let them take all of it." SOT, Ali Abdullah Saleh, former Yemeni President (Arabic): "The damage amounts to billions [of dollars]. I have the statistics on the killed, injured and about the damage incidence. More than eight thousand people were killed. There are many children, women and old people among them. We speak about the casualties among civilians. Besides, 27,000 people were injured. All these people are victims of Saudi regime. Sure thing, we refer to the troops of the [Arab] coalition, but we don’t put responsibility on them. We put the full responsibility [for the victims among civilians] on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which is killing us and destroys Yemen, not leaving one stone upon another." Video ID: 20160430-067 Video on Demand: http://www.ruptly.tv Contact: cd@ruptly.tv Twitter: http://twitter.com/Ruptly Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Ruptly LiveLeak: http://www.liveleak.com/c/Ruptly Vine: https://vine.co/Ruptly Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/Ruptly YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/RuptlyTV DailyMotion: http://www.dailymotion.com/ruptly