YPC’s employees continue protest in front of UN office in Sanaa

SANAA, April 25 (YPA) – Yemen Petroleum Company  (YPC) employees organized a protest in front of the United Nations office in Sanaa after Friday’s prayer in the 55th Friday, titled “The United Nations has no preference to launch oil ships after holding them for long periods.”

In the protest, which was attended by the CEO of the company, Eng. Ammar Al-Adharai, Director General of Aircraft Supplies Nasr Al-Ruwaishan said that the current oil derivative prices were imposed on the Yemeni Oil Company due to the aggression alliance’s continued detention of oil ships at sea for long periods, and the resulting financial fines added to The value of petroleum products
Al-Ruwaishan said that the detained oil ships that recently arrived at the port of Hodeidah were buying their shipments before the drop in the International Oil Exchange, which made the Yemeni oil company unable to reduce the prices of oil derivatives in line with the current prices of the oil exchange.
Al-Ruwaishan confirmed that the Yemeni Oil Company is striving to reduce the prices of oil derivatives in a way that is compatible with the decline in international oil prices.
Al-Ruwaishan called the public opinion in Yemen to understand the current situation, blaming the aggression alliance states for all that is happening due to their continued detention of oil derivative ships and obstructing their arrival at Hodeidah port for long periods.

The statement issued by the protest confirmed the continuation of the open sit-in and the protest stances organized by the Yemeni Oil Company employees “385” days before the United Nations Office in Sana’a, so that all the legitimate and legitimate demands of the sit-ins are met, the release of the detained oil ships and the guarantee that they will not be detained in the future.
The statement renewed the demand of the United Nations to lift the embargo on Sana’a International Airport and Ras Issa port and to neutralize the economy from targeting.