The chairman of Yemen's Supreme Political Council has commended the Colombian president’s recent proposal during his UN speech to create a global army tasked with liberating Palestine from US-backed Israeli occupation and aggression.

Mahdi al-Mashat made the remarks on Tuesday, calling the proposal “courageous and historic,” and reaffirming Yemen’s readiness to provide all forms of support for the liberation of Palestine.

The Yemeni official said he, his country’s Armed Forces, and its people were “proud” of President Gustavo Petro’s stance.

He noted that Yemen was already “engaged in the war against the Zionist enemy entity,” citing Sana’a’s naval blockade on Israeli ships and vessels heading towards the occupied Palestinian territories.

Mashat also referred to the Armed Forces’ having staged numerous solidarity operations in support of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, who have been under an Israeli war of genocide since October 2023.

The forces, the official said, had staged missile and drone strikes penetrating more than “2,000 kilometers (1,242 miles) into occupied Palestine.”

“We will continue to do so, and we welcome everyone who wishes to contribute to this military effort in defense of human values.”

Addressing the United Nations Security Council recently, Petro made an unprecedented and daring call for “a strong army of nations that do not accept genocide.”

“We must gather weapons and armies. We must liberate Palestine,” he added.

The US, the Israeli regime’s biggest ally, decided to revoke his visa afterwards, to which Petro responded, “I don’t care.”

Appreciating the Yemeni nation’s support for his stance, Petro published a post on his X account that read, “Within the Arab countries, within humanity itself.”

Observers said the appreciative remarks signaled the Colombian head of state’s acknowledgment that his idea was gaining traction throughout the globe, including among Arab nations.

The Colombian president also personally thanked Mashat in another post.

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