Original title: sudden! The capital was suddenly attacked. Three oil tankers in this middle east country exploded, killing three and injuring six, and the airport caught fire! Moon Jae in the middle of the visit..
Edited by: Peng Shuiping
According to CCTV news, an oil tanker explosion and an airport site fire occurred in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, on the 17th local time. Police said the two incidents were suspected to be caused by drone attacks. Yemeni Hussein armed forces declared that they had attacked the target of the "hinterland" of the United Arab Emirates on the same day.
Abu Dhabi police said in a statement that a fire broke out on a construction site of the Abu Dhabi Airport expansion project on the same day. In addition, three oil tank trucks near a storage facility of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company exploded. The police found the wreckage of the small UAV at both sites and suspected that the fire and explosion were caused by the drone attack.
The UAE news agency reported that the explosion of the tanker killed three people and injured six others, including two Indians and one Pakistani.
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On the same day, the place where the oil tanker exploded was about 1800 kilometers away from sada, the armed base of husai. Hussein armed forces have repeatedly claimed to have attacked the Baraka nuclear power plant and Abu Dhabi Airport in the United Arab Emirates, which have been denied by the official of the United Arab Emirates.
The United Arab Emirates and Yemen's Hussein armed forces issued statements respectively
On the 17th local time, the Minister of foreign affairs and international cooperation of the United Arab Emirates Abdullah issued a statement condemning the armed attacks on residential areas and civilian facilities in the United Arab Emirates, saying that the perpetrators of the "illegal attacks" would be held accountable.
The Ministry of foreign affairs and international cooperation of the United Arab Emirates said that the Hussein armed forces spread terrorism and created chaos in the region in order to achieve illegal purposes, and called on the international community to strongly condemn these terrorist acts against civilians and civilian facilities.
That morning, three oil tankers exploded near an industrial park in musafa, Abu Dhabi, killing three people (one Pakistani, two Indians) and wounding six others. The industrial area belongs to the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company. In addition, a slight fire broke out in the new building area of Abu Dhabi International Airport. A spokesman for atihad Airlines said that the accident led to a short interruption of a few flights, and airport operations then returned to normal.
Source: Daily Economic News
On the 18th local time, Yemeni Hussein armed forces attacked targets in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. Later in the day, the Hadi government of Yemen issued a statement condemning the attacks by Hussein armed forces against targets in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, calling them terrorist acts.
On the evening of the 17th local time, yehaiya salia, spokesman of Yemeni Hussein armed forces, issued a video statement, saying that Yemeni Hussein armed forces launched five ballistic missile attacks and a large number of drone attacks on several important sensitive targets in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.
Yahya said the attack on the UAE was a response to the increasingly fierce air strikes by the Saudi led multinational coalition against Yemen. At the same time, ye Haiya also warned that foreign companies in the UAE, UAE citizens and foreigners working and living in the UAE should stay away from local important places and facilities in the future to prevent accidental injury by attacks.
Many countries condemned the Hussein armed forces, and Saudi Arabia reiterated its support for the security of the United Arab Emirates
On January 17 local time, King Abdullah II of Jordan sent a message to crown prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi, condemning the attack launched by Hussein armed forces against targets in the United Arab Emirates and expressing condolences to the dead in the attack. He said that Jordan will always stand on the side of the United Arab Emirates to "fight terrorism that threatens national security".
On the evening of the 17th local time, the Ministry of foreign affairs of Oman issued a statement condemning the armed attack of Hussein in Yemen on the United Arab Emirates and causing civilian casualties.
The statement stressed that Oman opposes the violence of Hussein armed forces against civilian facilities and innocent civilians and supports the measures taken by the United Arab Emirates to maintain security and stability.
Saudi foreign minister Faisal bin Farhan said in a telephone call with the Minister of foreign affairs and international cooperation of the United Arab Emirates Abdullah on the evening of 17 local time that he strongly condemned the drone attack carried out by Yemeni Hussein armed forces on the United Arab Emirates and stressed that the security of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates was an "indivisible" whole.
According to the news released by the Saudi Ministry of foreign affairs, Faisal bin Farhan also expressed condolences to the victims of the attack by telephone, wished all the injured an early recovery, and reiterated that Saudi Arabia will continue to provide "full support" to the United Arab Emirates when its security and stability are threatened.
In March 2015, at the request of the Yemeni government, Saudi Arabia led the formation of a multinational coalition force aimed at combating Yemeni Hussein armed forces. The United Arab Emirates is an important member. Although the United Arab Emirates withdrew some military personnel in Yemen in 2019, it still undertakes the task of assisting in training local Pro government armed forces at this stage.
In addition, according to the news released by the multinational coalition forces on the 17th, the coalition forces have launched more than 30 consecutive air strikes in Yemen in the past 24 hours, including the capital Sana'a, destroying many positions of Hussein armed forces for launching missiles and UAVs.
The prince of Abu Dhabi, UAE, and the visiting Korean President Wen moon Jae in the telephone.
According to CCTV news, 17, local time, the prince Mohamed of moon Jae in Abu Dhabi, UAE, visited the Korean President on the phone. The two sides discussed the cooperation between the United Arab Emirates and South Korea in the fields of economy, trade and culture, and expressed their willingness to deepen the strategic partnership between the two countries. Mohamed spoke highly of moon Jae in his opening ceremony of the Abu Dhabi sustainable development week, stressing the importance of promoting sustainable economic development and innovation.。
According to Yonhap news agency, moon Jae in January 16th and Mohamed were scheduled to hold talks, but the UAE said that it was "inevitable" for the reason to cancel the talks. On the 16 day, Wen held talks with the vice president of the United Arab Emirates, Prime Minister and Dubai chief Mohamed, and the two countries signed a contract worth 3 billion 500 million dollars in arms sales. The UAE Defense Department will purchase the mid range ground to air missile defense system (M-SAM2) "Tiangong 2" moon Jae in Korea.
UAE is the first stop of moon Jae in the Middle East.He will also travel to Saudi Arabia and Egypt.
Source: Daily Economic News comprehensive CCTV news
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