President Al-Zubaidi addresses important speech on the occasion of the 51st anniversary of national independence

President of the Southern Transitional Council, Aidaroos Qasim Abdulaziz Al-Zubaidi, addressed our great Southern people at home and abroad, on the occasion of the 51st anniversary of the glorious national independence day of 30 November. In his statement, President Al-Zubaidi hailed the southern people and the heroes of the southern resistance in the front lines who defend the land, the rights, the faith, the identity, and the history in battles. President Al-Zubaidi congratulated the people on the 51st anniversary of the independence day that was achieved on 30 November 1967, the day when Aden became victorious, Aden the undefeated,  Aden that every time expels the invaders with the determination and will of its people.   President Al-Zubaidi pointed out that It is an opportunity to remember with pride and honor those revolutionaries who fought with all the courage and the sacrifice of the martyrs along all stages of struggle and independence to achieve the goals of the free southern people. He said that, those people who have proved that the South is the homeland and the identity in its present and future. Today, we all fight for the same goal for the defense of this homeland. We will never give up our national identity, the sovereignty of our homeland and the rights of our people till liberation and independence. President Al-Zubaidi added that, in half a century ago, the flag of the south stayed high after the sacrifice of many martyrs during the stage of the glorious liberation. And after the new invaders took control of this great southern country with their brutal power in 1994, the southerners found themselves facing a real necessity. They fought the occupation despite its strength and courage and despite their weak capabilities at that time. However, their will led them to face the bullets with the voice of peace and the peace revolution. As the occupation forces couldn't get it, the Southerners took up their arms and launched revolutionaries in the footsteps of their fathers and grandfathers. They broke the back of the occupiers and defeated their project with the power of arms, right and will. President Al-Zubaidi said:"We tell you our people today, that despite the obstacles that our enemies are making before us, we are with you with full awareness, and despite the great hope, we are not far from the voice of the revolutionaries and the roar of the revolution, so let your arms be ready. Al-Zubaidi stressed: " We need public awareness and public support to preserve the political balances we are dealing with accurately, and we have confidence that the price of going beyond the south will not be easy, and will not be paid by one side without another, but will be paid by everyone who participated in it" The president of the Southern Transitional Council confirmed :"We will impose our political choices on the basis of the justice of the southern issue and the free will of the people of the South, and then there will be no place for those who claim that their legitimacy has come down from the sky, and as we have fought the Houthis and are still, we will fight those who follow their approach with the legitimacy of defending our cause, our people, and our future." President Al-Zubaidi clarified that as part of our great battle to defend this homeland, we affirm our continuous fight against terrorism and the fight against its sponsors and supporters, in which our military and security operations will continue against these extremist organizations, especially ISIS and Al-Qaida. President Al-Zubaidi called upon the countries that have undertaken to combat extremism and terrorism to support and develop our efforts to fight terrorists in order to continue combating these threats for our national security and regional and international security. President Al-Zubaidi affirmed the adherence to the principle of southern reconciliation and tolerance, and the categorical rejection of the calls targeting the national society of the South. Calling for strengthening the values ​​of coexistence and acceptance of each other and for peace to be the basis for absorbing all differences of views.

President Al-Zubaidi stressed on the depth of the partnership with the Arab coalition countries, led by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, to achieve the common goals, top of them eliminating the Persian project of the Houthi group from the region and the danger of the Muslim Brotherhood as source of terrorism. "the restoration of the people of the south to sovereignty over their land is a key factor in maintaining the Arab national security. Today, we assure the Arab coalition countries of our keenness to maintain our relationship as produced by our joint battle, and also we affirm our adherence to our full right to our national cause, and the respect of our sacrifices and our national struggle." He said. The President of the Southern Transitional Council affirmed that the Southern Transitional Council is open to dialogue and peace and its readiness to participate positively in the political process in order to achieve peace and end the war and establish a true basis for the post-war phase, guaranteeing the southerners right to get fair solution in accordance with their legitimate aspirations. 

President Al-Zubaidi addressed the heroes of our armed forces and the heroic southern resistance that they are the real gain at this critical stage to defend the homeland and the cause of the people, who expect a lot from them.