ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has strongly condemned the launching of missile from Al-Jawf area of Yemen by the Houthis towards the United Arab Emirates.
The Foreign Office in a statement on Monday said that it is commendable that the missile was successfully intercepted by the air defence system of the UAE, preventing loss of innocent lives.
It said Pakistan considers these attacks as a grave violation of international law and a serious threat to regional peace and security.
The Foreign Office said that Pakistan calls for their immediate cessation.
Pakistan reaffirms its solidarity with the brotherly people and government of the United Arab Emirates.
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A ballistic missile launched at the UAE by Yemen’s Houthiswas intercepted and destroyed in the early hours of Monday, the Ministry of Defence said.
Air defences took down the projectile at 12.20am as it flew towards the Emirates.
The ministry said “there were no casualties resulting from the attack and the fragments of the ballistic missile fell in different unpopulated areas”, Wam reported.
A subsequent strike on a target in Al Jawf province, outside Houthi-controlled Sanaa, destroyed a missile platform and the launch site, the ministry said in a tweet.
