The situation in Yemen has been escalating since 2014, and countries such as the United States, Britain and France have successively closed embassies and asked citizens to leave Yemen. On March 26, 2015, the Saudi-led coalition forces launched a military operation in Yemen. On March 27, my country's naval fleet suspended its mission in the Gulf of Aden. On March 29, the Chinese frigate docked at Yemeni ports and began to evacuate overseas Chinese. What shocked many people was that when our army was going to evacuate overseas Chinese, the militants were extremely quiet and did not dare to speak.
It should be noted that although our army directly dispatched armed forces to carry out the evacuation of overseas Chinese, it did not make too many deterrent actions. It only put a warning sign on the evacuation site with a sentence written on it. Words: Chinese Navy Security Area Keep Clear! (This is a safety zone set up by the Chinese Navy. Unrelated personnel should be kept away.) It was this simple sentence that shocked the audience. In the end, we successfully completed the evacuation mission to ensure that the Chinese people in Yemen can return home safely.
Of course, this sentence itself is not so deterrent. What really worries the local militants is the Chinese soldiers standing in the safe zone holding firearms ready, and the country behind the Chinese soldiers and citizens. They clearly know that China is not keen to intervene in the wars of other countries, nor does it like to interfere in the sovereignty and territorial integrity of other countries, but if Chinese soldiers or citizens die overseas, especially in such situations where the two sides are fighting. , China will certainly not stand idly by.
After all, we were able to send warships to meet the Chinese people as soon as there was a military conflict in Yemen. This has proved the country's importance to the safety of Chinese nationals. In this case, if someone dares to harass the security zone established by our army , Is tantamount to a direct provocation to China. It is worth mentioning that on March 29th our army docked the ship in Yemen's port. By March 30th, our army had completed all evacuation missions. The speed was so fast that all countries were shocked.
In contrast, the United States, which has always regarded itself as the number one in the world, publicly admitted on April 6 that it could not help citizens still in Yemen to leave. Of course, the reason why our country's evacuation operation is so rapid is because our country has already launched rescue operations as soon as the incident happened. We mentioned above that the military conflict in Yemen occurred on March 26, and the evacuation of overseas Chinese was also launched on the same day. By the afternoon of March 27th, we had already issued a notice on the Internet to suspend the escort mission. You know, this is the first suspension of escort missions since our army went to the Gulf of Aden to perform escort missions in 2008. And we did not give any reasons at the time, nor did we specify when to resume the mission.
Obviously, the reason we did this was because we shifted the focus of our work to evacuation of overseas Chinese. On March 28, the Chinese-funded leaders held a meeting in Yemen. The main purpose of this meeting was to announce the time and route of the evacuation. It also explained in detail the various problems that may occur in the evacuation operation to ensure that the evacuation operation can be carried out. Safe and orderly. In the follow-up evacuation operations, in addition to the successful evacuation of all the nationals in Yemen, we also helped people from other countries leave Yemen. These people involved as many as 10 countries and the total number was 225. From this we can also see that China not only values the safety of its citizens, but also takes the initiative to assume the responsibilities of a world power. This is also the reason why my country's international status has been continuously improved.
