RIYADH – Saudi Arabia stressed the importance of maintaining the security and stability of the Red Sea region on Friday.
It also called for restraint and the avoidance of escalation as the US and UK carried out strikes on multiple targets inside Yemen belonging to the Houthi rebel group, Al Ekhbariya news channel reported.
“The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is closely monitoring with great concern the military operations taking place in the Red Sea region and the airstrikes that several locations in the Republic of Yemen have been subjected to,” the Foreign Ministry stated in a statement.
It called for “restraint and avoiding escalation in light of what the region is witnessing.”
