Security Council praises Sanaa’s permission for allowing technical team to reach FSO Safer tanker

The UN Security Council, in a statement, praised the National Salvation government’s permission of a technical team to reach FSO Safer tanker, which disappointed all the aspirations of the Hadi government from calling for the meeting.

“Council members expressed deep concern at the increased risk of the oil tanker’s decomposition or explosion, and an environmental, economic and humanitarian disaster for Yemen and its neighbors,” President of the Security Council, German Ambassador Christoph Heusgen told reporters in a statement.

“Council members praised the Houthis’ announcement to allow a team to access the tanker, and called on representatives of the Houthi member states to turn this commitment into concrete action as soon as possible.” This is what the National Salvation Government has already demanded from the United Nations.

He continued: “including approval of entry permits, safe travel to the carrier, and all other logistical arrangements. Council members look forward to seeing concrete measures implemented without delay,” the statement read.

The UNSC stressed the importance of “facilitating unconditional access to UN technical experts to assess the condition of the tanker and to carry out any possible urgent repairs, and to ensure close cooperation with the UN.”

E.M