On humanitarian relief in Yemen, the Saudi Ambassador pointed to the continuation of the talks with international relief organizations to facilitate their deployment to Yemen, in addition to that the Kingdom Saudi Arabia is providing Yemen with its necessary relief materials. He pointed to the ongoing attempts by Houthis in hiding their missiles and command center in civilian populated areas, in an attempt to use civilians as human shields while the coalition is keen not to target civilians. He continued saying in this regard that "some areas of civilians have been targeted by Houthis and some civilian casualties occurred due to Houthis' use of ground to ground missiles which did not hit their goals at launch." On the use of ground forces in the Determination Storm Operation, the Saudi Ambassador to the United States of America said: "We are now in the air stage and we will do whatever necessary to protect the security of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia." He also reiterated the keenness of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia that Yemen be a stable and prosperous country, pointing out that this is a positive element for Kingdom. He said: "We are aware that it is not good to be sitting next to a failed or poor country and that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has worked over the past several years to help Yemen economically and in all other fields to eliminate its problems, but unfortunately Ali Abdullah Saleh has misused his country's administration over 30 years, and we hope, through a stable government in Yemen, to open the doors to investors from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and other countries." --More 14:11 LOCAL TIME 11:11 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w