Sanaa: Saudi coalition seizes diesel ship despite obtaining permits
The YCP spokesperson Essam Al-Mutawakel says that "the coalition of aggression is seizing a diesel ship despite obtaining entry permits from the United Nations, in a new violation of the armistice."
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In this Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018 photo, a cargo ship, and an oil tanker ship sit idle while docked at the port of Hodeida, Yemen. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)
The Yemeni Petroleum Company (YPC) in Sanaa said that "the coalition of aggression is seizing a diesel ship despite obtaining entry permits from the United Nations, in a new violation of the temporary armistice."
The YCP spokesperson Essam Al-Mutawakel pointed out that "the UN envoy has not been committed, since the start of the armistice, to removing obstacles and allowing the entry of the ships agreed upon."
The YCP stated that "the US-led coalition of aggression is holding the diesel ship (Golden Eagle), which belongs to the electricity sector, despite being inspected and despite having obtained entry permits from the United Nations, whose envoy, has not been committed, since the start of the armistice, to removing obstacles and allowing the entry of the ships agreed upon."
At the beginning of this month, the Yemeni news agency SABA reported that the Saudi coalition looted crude oil and gas revenues in Yemen, "equivalent to the salaries of all state employees for a period of 7 months."
This comes at a time when the Minister of Transport in the Sanaa government, Abdul Wahab Al-Durra, said that the extension of the humanitarian truce is "an opportunity to prove the extent of the seriousness of alleviating the suffering of the Yemeni people, humanely and economically, and lifting the siege."
The truce in effect in Yemen since last April 2, which was also extended on June 2, stipulates the suspension of military offensives by land, sea, and air in Yemen and across its borders, in addition to facilitating the entry of ships carrying fuel to Al-Hudaydah ports in western Yemen.
On August 2, the United Nations Special Envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, said the warring parties agreed on extending the truce for an extra two months per the same conditions with the aim of maintaining negotiations and reaching a comprehensive truce as soon as possible.
The extended truce also stipulates permitting two commercial planes from and to Sanaa International Airport weekly and holding a meeting between both parties concurring on opening roads in Taiz and other governorates to promote freedom of movement within Yemen.
