UK foreign minister: Houthis’ Red Sea attacks must stop

By Reuters 4 January 2024, 4:53 pm

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This handout satellite picture released by Maxar Technologies on November 28, 2023, shows the recently seized Israeli-linked Galaxy Leader ship, that was captured by Houthi fighters on November 19, next to a support vessel in the southern Red Sea near Hodeida, Yemen. (Satellite image ©2023 Maxar Technologies/AFP)

Attacks by Houthi rebels in Red Sea shipping lanes have to stop, otherwise international action will be taken, British Foreign Secretary David Cameron says.

When asked, Cameron declines to specify what action Britain would take.

“This is illegal. It’s not to do with Gaza, it’s not to do with Israel. This is about the freedom of navigation. This is about the ability of ships to carry their cargo,” he tells reporters during a trip to Kosovo.

“The world economy, every economy, will suffer if ships keep coming under attack in this illegal and unacceptable way. And these attacks need to stop or actions will be taken.”