Looting Yemeni Wealth Continued by US-Saudi Aggression During UN-Sponsored Truce
Foreign companies continue the systematic looting of Yemen’s oil wealth in collusion with the US-Saudi aggression, through which the coalition imposes harsh choices in Yemen.
Sources at the Yemeni Oil Ministry in Sana’a revealed that a giant oil tanker coming from China on its way to the Dabba port in Hadramout, which is under the control of the aggression to loot approximately 2 million barrels of crude oil.
The source pointed out that the ship heading to the port of Al-Daba is “MARAN CANOPUS”. He pointed out that the arrival of the giant ship to the port of Al-Daba comes a week after the departure of a ship from the Al-Nashima port carrying the looted Yemeni oil.
Stopping the looting of Yemen’s wealth, paying the salaries of state employees, ending the siege, and opening airports and ports are major and basic demands for Sana’a in order to enter into a new extension of the truce and open the way for peace.
The leader of the Yemeni revolution warns the aggression and foreign companies against continuing to plunder the national wealth
Last week, the leader, Sayyed Abdulmalik Al-Houthi, warned any foreign companies to collude with the aggression to plunder Yemen’s wealth, amid the siege and starvation of the Yemeni people, and the theft of oil and gas financial revenues, instead of disbursing them for salaries, humanitarian and service benefits.
In light of the intransigence of the aggression over the rightful humanitarian demands of the Yemeni people and its efforts to extend the truce without alleviating the suffering of the Yemeni people.
In turn, the head of the Supreme Political Council in Sanaa, Mahdi al-Mashat, announced during his meeting with the UN envoy to Yemen, “Hans Grundberg”, Sana’a’s final position on extending the truce, which is to pay the salaries of all state employees and retirees’ pensions and lift the siege, especially in light of the continuous looting of sovereign wealth by the aggression.
Al-Mashat stressed that Sanaa would not accept the renewal of the truce without these demands, which he considered that the lack of them represents an acceptance of the continuation of the war and the siege on the Yemeni people in a way fiercer than the military war.
He added, “We did not ask anyone to grant favor to our Yemeni people, but we demand their right to their oil, gas and other wealth, and that salaries be paid from them.
For his part, the Prime Minister of Sana’a government, Dr. Abdulaziz bin Habtoor, said in a press statement, Wednesday, that the US-Saudi aggression and its tools have continued to loot Yemen’s oil wealth since 2016 until now.
Bin Habtoor added, “The aggression and its tools have sold more than 14 billion dollars, all of which were transferred to the National Bank of Saudi Arabia in Jeddah, meaning that they did not only kill Yemeni people, but also clearly stole their resources, and nothing frightened them.”
He added, “They are practicing this looting of the wealth of the Yemeni people as if it is part of their job, while their tools justify this matter for them, and the global arrogant countries are doing media coverage at the international level to cover up this criminal act.”
The Minister of Oil and Minerals, Ahmed Daris, revealed last August that the total crude oil looted by the aggression and its tools since 2018, amounted to 130 million barrels, with an estimated cost of nine billion and 500 million dollars.
Minister Daris indicated that the average production of crude oil in Yemen reached 91,151 barrels per day, at a rate of two million and 730 thousand barrels per month, pointing out that the cost of the looted oil and the amounts supplied to Saudi banks are sufficient to pay the salaries of employees in various governorates for a period of five years.
The Minister of Oil warned against the measures taken by the oil companies, including concessions, selling, and others, stressing that the ministry has written many correspondences to all companies to ensure that the rights of the state are preserved, which are not subject to statute of limitations.
He also warned against the efforts of the pro-aggression Transitional Council government to establish a data bank through the “Schlumberger” company, stressing that this information is considered a national wealth for the country, and the mercenaries have no right to act and tamper with it.
Minister Daris held Schlumberger responsible for leaking any information on the agreement, and that it will be prosecuted according to the international regulations.
It is worth noting that the official spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces in Sana’a, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, issued warning during the past few days to foreign companies that plunder Yemen’s oil wealth, stressing that they should take the warning of the leader of the Yemeni revolution seriously.