No country cleared by UN Security Council to use force against Yemen — Chinese envoy

The United Nations Security Council has never empowered any country to use force against Yemen, China’s Permanent Representative to the UN Zhang Jun said at a meeting of its Security Council.

"We also emphasize that the Council has never authorized any country to use force against Yemen, so not a single country is allowed to twist international law or UN Security Council resolutions to stir up new tensions in the Red Sea," he said.

In addition, Zhang Jun pointed out that the ongoing escalation and "some countries’ military moves against Yemen" had exacerbated the situation in the Red Sea.

Commenting earlier on the US and UK strikes on Yemen, the Chinese ambassador called not to misinterpret the UN Security Council’s resolutions and not to spark new hotbeds of tension.