YPC: UN Provides Cover for US-Saudi Marine Piracy on Yemen’s Fuel Ships
The spokesman for the Yemen Petroleum Company (YPC), Essam al-Mutawakel, confirmed that the United Nations provides cover for US-Saudi piracy of fuel ships.
Al-Mutawakel stated to Almasirah on Sunday that the detention of the fuel ships is a continuation of the maritime piracy that did not stop even under the UN-sponsored truce.
He pointed out that the detention of fuel ships leads to fines for the detained ships, and this is reflected in the citizens.
Al-Mutawakel noted that Yemen’s infrastructure is not sufficient to store enough quantities of fuel, so the supply situation is affected with the detention of oil ships.
He demanded the entry of oil ships, blaming the aggression and the United Nations for the continuation of piracy and its repercussions.
The YPC’s spokesman called on the United Nations to act as a neutral party in the face of maritime piracy.
Yemen Petroleum Company (YPC) reported on Saturday that the US-Saudi aggression has seized a new gasoline ship, bringing the number of fuel ships detained to five.
Mutawakel indicated that the US-Saudi aggression seized the gasoline Ji Atash Osten ship after it was delayed in Djibouti for inspection and obtaining entry permits from the United Nations Verification and Inspection Committee.
The coalition of aggression is trying to tighten the siege on the Yemeni People and adopt a policy of reducing the introduction of oil with the aim of increasing the economic and humanitarian crisis in the country.
Last month, the YPC said in a statement that, “The total fines for delaying fuel ships seized by the US-Saudi aggression amounted to 11 million dollars during the truce period”. The company reiterated that the US-Saudi aggression continued to piracy on all fuel ships, without exception, and to seize them since the announcement of the temporary truce.
The company explained that the fuel ships are still being held by the US-Saudi aggression for varying periods, a total of 314 days since the announcement of the truce agreement, in addition to the delay in Djibouti for a total period of more than 152 days.
It stressed that during the truce period (April-September), only 33 fuel ships out of 54 ships reached Hodeidah ports, of which only four were released on August 2, at the end of the first extension period of the truce.
The statement stated that fuel shipments incurred delay fines during the truce period, amounting to 11 million dollars due to piracy, detention and delaying their entry to the ports of Hodeidah.
The YPC confirmed that the complicity of the relevant UN formations with the US-Saudi aggression seriously contributes to the exacerbation of explicit violations of the truce agreement.
It pointed out that this complicity became an actual participation in the siege through the coordinates sent by the UNVIM to the ships authorized to go to the detention area and stay there, waiting for a permit to allow them to reach the ports of Hodeidah.
The YPC holds the US-Saudi aggression and the UN responsible for all the direct and indirect humanitarian and economic consequences and repercussions resulting from the continuation of the strict blockade on fuel ships.