>> [indiscernible] we have to achieve political .oals the political goal is peace and stability in yementhea: 14 months to campaign, you have not achieved your goal. is it really true -- >> not true. today, the government controls of the territory. the yemeni army are backed by the coalition, and the request , we wantited nations to have a solution through political talks. laura: you are saying if the talks do not work, you will send troops? >> we have to achieve something. we strongly believe that at the end of the day, it is a political solution, but if not, we have to put the condition to push the political -- so, this is the objective -- laura: and yet, there has been a cost to your operation, hasn't there? united nations says the saudi led coalition has caused twice as many civilian casualties as any other forces in yemen. how do you defend this? >> unfortunately, that does not explain the reality in yemen. i think it is not exact, and there is no single delegation. unfortunately, the reports were done in distance, not on the ground, but we are on the ground. we respect the united n