Foreign ministers representing the Group of Seven industrialised nations on Monday condemned ongoing military incursions carried out by Yemen’s Houthi movement against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The top diplomats issued their formal statement following an informal summit convened on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Officials warned that persistent maritime disruptions along primary trade routes are generating severe instability for global supply networks.
Ministers characterized the cross-border strikes as unacceptable.
The joint statement, signed by the foreign ministers of Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United States, condemned in the strongest terms the offensive operations conducted within Yemen and across the Saudi frontier. The delegation insisted that the group immediately halt all armed maneuvers, withdraw threats facing merchant shipping, and return to formal political negotiations in good faith.
The ministerial cohort additionally urged Iranian authorities to cease transferring weaponry and logistical support to the Yemeni organization. Western officials asserted that Tehran’s ongoing backing breaches binding United Nations Security Council resolutions and represents a deliberate pattern of regional escalation.
The current friction disrupts a protracted period of fragile stability that took hold across the Arabian Peninsula following a United Nations-brokered truce agreed in 2022 between the armed faction and the Yemeni government.
