Coalition embodies international recognition of need to protect maritime security, Al-Maliki says
RIYADH: The creation of the Multinational Maritime Defense Coalition reflected international recognition of the threats facing maritime security and freedom of navigation, Saudi Arabia’s Defense ministry said on Thursday.
It also embodied a collective responsibility to protect maritime corridors and global economic interests, the ministry’s spokesperson, Maj. Gen. Turki Al-Maliki, said.
His comments came after the coalition was formed last week with the aim of protecting international shipping and energy supply routes in the Red Sea region after Houthi attacks and threats.
Al-Maliki said that the region and the world were facing real and emerging threats and that every nation had the right to take whatever military or political measures it deemed necessary to protect its interests and address these threats.
