SANAA (Debriefer)--The Saudi regime is treating Yemeni president Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi as an employee implementing what he is ordered to do, not as an internationally recognised president of a sovereign and independent state.
Last Wednesday, the Yemeni Saba news agency Saba, which is run by Hadi's government, reported that Hadi received Saudi vice minister of defence prince Khalid bin Salman at his residence in Riyadh. But it did not pay attention to associated photos that showed bin Salman received Hadi, not the opposite.
In the photos appeared leaders of the Saudi kingdom, but the flag of the republic of Yemen which used to be behind Hadi during his meetings since he arrived in Riyadh six years ago was not there.
The photos confirmed reports that bin Salman summoned Hadi to his office two days after a Houthi missile attack on an Aramco station in the Saudi city of Jeddah.
Government sources ruled out that the meeting dealt with the Houthi attack on the Saudi oil facility, hinting that Hadi is under mounting pressure by the Saudi decision makers over the formation of the new government and other issues.
Away from claims Hadi can not meet with King Salman bin Abdulaziz and crown prince Mohammed bin Salman and that his meetings have been restricted to vice minister of defence who is responsible for the Yemen file, observers argued that summoning Hadi by a mid-level official was inappropriate from a protocol standpoint.
Despite the desperate attempt of the Saba agency to cover the Saudi humiliation in its report, Hadi could not hide the look of dismay on his face during the meeting.
The Saudi policy to weaken and subjugate the legitimate government of Yemen is continuing, observers said.
Saudi Arabia is cheating Hadi in order to make him unable to decide on key issues, observers said, adding that such a fact has become so clear to anyone.
This Saudi approach has become more obvious since prince Khalid bin Salman became responsible for the Yemen file and Saudi ambassador Mohammed Al Jaber became responsible for the file of the conflict between the government and the UAE-backed southern transitional council, they added.
The duty of Hadi now is to approve decisions made by the Saudi regime on the situation in Yemen, observers said.
Recently, Yemeni officials, including advisor to Hadi and vice speaker of the parliament Abdulaziz Jubari and former transport minister Saleh Al-Jabwani, revealed that Hadi has become under house arrest in Riyadh.
The takeover of the southern transitional council of the interim capital Aden and some southern regions forced Hadi to accept negotiations with the council as a De Facto Authority not as a rebel militia.
This exposed disrespect to a head of state who Saudi Arabia said launched a military operation to reinstate to power and reclaim Sanaa, observers said.
