New Fuel Tanker Detained by US-Saudi Aggression Causing More Suffering in Yemen

Yemen oil Ministry said that the forces of the US-Saudi aggression are still detaining 29k tons of diesel.

 The spokesman of the Yemen Petroleum Company, Essam Al-Mutwakel, stated that US-Saudi aggression detained “Sea Line” ship and prevented it to arrive in Hodeidah port despite having obtained permits from United Nations.

Al-Mutawakel indicated that the UN silence regarding maritime piracy and the arbitrary practices of the coalition of aggression on fuel ships confirms that the United Nations is a partner in the siege and suffering of the Yemeni people. He considered these practices a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law, and a clear violation of international charters, laws and norms, and the Stockholm Agreement, which provides for allowing fuel, food and medicine ships to enter and smoothly reach the port of Hodeidah.

He pointed to the repercussions of the continued detention of oil tankers on the living life of the citizen, in addition to the economic burdens as a result of the increase in the prices of oil derivatives. The fines that are paid to the loaded ships as a result of their detention for long periods at sea, amounts to more than the value of the oil in the tankers, which increases human suffering.

Al-Mutawakel called for the neutralization of humanitarian aspects from political and military matters, holding the coalition of aggression led by America and the United Nations fully responsible for the continuation of the siege on the Yemeni people.

He called on human rights activists and human rights organizations to assume humanitarian responsibility and work to lift the siege and expose the American piracy on oil derivatives ships.