Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council Chairman President Rashad al-Alimi departed Badr military base, the military annex of Aden International Airport, on December 5, 2025, accompanied by a Saudi military escort from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Defense, heading to Riyadh for consultations on recent developments in eastern governorates, a senior government official told @BashaReport over the past hour. Al-Alimi’s office issued a statement published by the Yemeni News Agency (Saba) confirming the departure from the temporary capital Aden on Friday to hold consultations with regional and international stakeholders, according to the @BashaReport post between 11:46 a.m. and 12:46 p.m. UTC. In the statement, Al-Alimi reaffirmed the Council’s and government’s commitment to national partnership and collective responsibility under the Declaration of Power Transfer and Riyadh Agreement, as quoted by Saba. He stated that the state bears sole responsibility for protecting national institutions, citizens’ interests, sovereign decision-making unity, and rejecting unilateral measures undermining government powers, threatening security, stability, humanitarian conditions, economic recovery, or international confidence, per the official statement. Al-Alimi emphasized top national priorities of restoring state institutions, ending the Houthi militia coup, and implementing economic reforms, while cautioning against distractions from internal conflicts, according to the statement reported by @BashaReport.
