Yemen complains to UN about UAE military occupation of Socotra Island

[Hack-Hook]

I agree with you, since there was talk about a lease for 25 years signed between Hadi and the UAE with KSA as the guarantor of the clauses (as of 2017).. I still think that the UAE presence and investments are not the issue, but it is the military one that might not have been included in the lease terms.. or might not have been discussed at all.. Thus the need to clarify things..

I wonder if had I have the authority to made such deals . usually these things must be discussed in parliament.

 

[raptor22]

Neither the French nor the US were neighbours of Vietnam.. that makes a big difference in the contexts of the two situations.. BTW..The UAE has stressed that it has no ambitions over any Yemeni territory..and that its military presence in Socotra is part of the coalition efforts against the Houthi militia.. they call this Muslim brotherhood propaganda.. and the proof is in the pudding where we see MB supporters..backing their claims against the UAE..


All this fuss about 50 UAE troops..

Who to believe?

https://www.thenational.ae/world/mena/yemenis-take-to-socotra-s-streets-in-support-of-uae-1.728034

What is the connection btw Socotra and Houthis?

 

[Fenasi Kerim]

Politics aside, Socotra is absolutely beautiful! hope the Wahhabists dont turn it into Las Vegas or destroy it.

 

[somebozo]

These are strategic movements, even the rhetoric involved is part of the game. As I said, in the end the UAE wants to gain something worthwhile after the conflict subsides (and I suspect it would soon due to their hasty action).
I will say this, even if I don't want to, the Hadi government wouldn't have done anything without Saudi approval, including the UN complaint. But Saudi will avoid any direct disagreement in the open with the UAE, especially in these sensitive times, and the UAE knows that. Both parties need each other with bigger issues.

War is not a cheap game and making it financial viable is part of the strategy. Victors part ways with all booty..like the allied powers stripped Germany of all its scientific patents..worth may be in trillion of dollars today...India plundered entire Bangladesh after liberation...

Neither the French nor the US were neighbours of Vietnam.. that makes a big difference in the contexts of the two situations.. BTW..The UAE has stressed that it has no ambitions over any Yemeni territory..and that its military presence in Socotra is part of the coalition efforts against the Houthi militia.. they call this Muslim brotherhood propaganda.. and the proof is in the pudding where we see MB supporters..backing their claims against the UAE..

The equation is simple..Socotra is entirely undefended...if UAE troops did not occupy it in preemptive move..the Houtis will..

 

[The SC]

I wonder if had I have the authority to made such deals . usually these things must be discussed in parliament.

Usually.. but Yemen since the coup is not in the average usual situation.. Hadi government signed the lease with the UAE during the coup..in other words he wanted it to be protected from Houthis.. and due to some opposition..the lease was renegotiated in 2017 for a 25 years period renewable.. and now all this fuss about 50 UAE troops!?

 

[Kamil_baku]

UAE will never get out of Yemen with all their losses with nothing to show for, especially since the South may not get its independence. Saudi Arabia will have control over the whole of Yemen directly or indirectly. Socotrea is a jewel in the sea, it fits with the UAE vision when it comes to maritime expansion and investment opportunities (tourism and other avenues).

I suspect Yemen will concede some dominion to the UAE, where the UAE will be given some investment opportunities but not Socotra itself.

I think you think very simple... but what happens when there are terrorist attacks to those bases? also if Turkey give SAM to shoot down UAE jets..
UAE will loose in manpower and ready to die soldiers which is the key here...
Turkey will not let it go that easily as i know our culture... I can really start to feel the differences.. Turkish people hate when somebody start acting like spoiled kid.. WHich is UAE here... Turkey will be slow until 2022-23 when it recieves its SAM system,.. Or, Turkey might hurt UAE on SOmaliland and socotra later as from different angles..

 

[Fenasi Kerim]

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/05/yemen-pm-crisis-uae-deployment-socotra-180514155240735.html

Lol these Saudis and Emirates are backtracking kings.