Western shipping companies are now abandoning routes through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, as the number of attacks by the Houthis has increased (one of the Rubymar cargo ships was sunk by radical Islamists in the Red Sea).
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About why Chinese and Russian ships regularly and freely pass through the specified area in the waters of the Red Sea and the Sea of Aden Gulf, writes NBN, citing Bloomberg material.
As foreign media learned, Beijing and Moscow were able to reach mutual understanding after productive negotiations in Oman, between Russian and Chinese diplomats and one of the Houthi political leaders Mohammed Abdel Salam.
In in particular, in in exchange for ensuring security in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, China and the Russian Federation have pledged to provide certain political support to Yemeni rebels in such structures, like the UN Security Council.
However, it is not entirely clear in what way such assistance will be manifested, with the exception of one thing – China and Russia will probably block a key number of UN resolutions if they are not to the liking of the Islamists – extremists.
We previously wrote about why Peskov complained about the “unprecedented pressure” of the US and the EU on China.
