US-Saudi coalition Continues to Detain 20 Oil Tankers: YPC

Yemen Petroleum Company announced, Monday, that the Saudi coalition continues to detain 20 tankers of oil derivatives.

In a posted statement on its Facebook page, the company said, the aggression forces are still holding 20 oil tankers, including two ships carrying diesel and two ships carrying domestic gas.

It reiterated its assertion that the war coalition continued to detain (16) oil tankers of (439,020) tons of gasoline and diesel, for about 197 days in unprecedented maritime piracy.

It indicated that this is in clear violation of the provisions of the International Convention on Human Rights, the rules of international humanitarian law, and all applicable laws and customs. It added that as the aggression continued to ignore Stockholm Agreement, which stressed the need to facilitate the arrival of basic materials and humanitarian aid to the port of Hodeidah.

The company noted that these realistic data completely contradict what was stated in the briefings of the UN envoy to Yemen, Martin Griffiths, before the Security Council, as he claimed that oil tankers enter Hodeidah port without any obstacles.