Al-Houthi refutes British ambassador’s remarks on Safer Oil Tanker
SANAA, June 26 (YPA) – Leading member in the Supreme Political Council, Mohammad Ali al-Houthi refuted remarks made by the British ambassador to Yemen regarding the Safer floating oil Tanker (FSO Safer) in the Red Sea north of the Yemeni city of Hodeidah
He renewed the disclaimer of the Political Council and the National Salvation Government from any leakage that might occur from the vessel after appeals to the United Nations to send a team to maintain it.
Regarding the British ambassador in Yemen Michael Aaron’s remarks, Al-Houthi said in a series of tweets on his Twitter on Thursday, “What the aggression and the embargo did economically and environmentally in Yemen did more harm than any leakage (from Safer) that we had evacuated our responsibility for.”
“If you think that the fish are more valuable than the Yemeni people, then you as the British confirm your absolute affiliation with the American Foreign Ministry, which declared its concern over the Yemeni shrimp previously, while you participated and declared, as two countries and officially, the siege and killing of the Yemeni citizen by leading the aggression against Yemen,” he added.
Addressing Aaron, Al-Houthi said, “You are not a policy maker, but a carrier of news and reports. Peace in Yemen does not need detailing according to what your countries want, nor can it come from seminars and conferences with non-actors from the Yemeni Republic and the party of aggressors as countries.”
The detention of oil ships because the salary text has been paid to the people confirms that their remarks about salaries in the Security Council is only a trickle of feelings,” he added, stressing that the release of oil derivative ships means “the paying of half the salary with the coming of the feast, but the most important thing (for the countries of aggression) is to punish the Yemeni people.”
Al-Houthi noted that the coalition’s allegations of arms smuggling through the port of Hodeidah are weak, as its battleships are located in the territorial waters of Yemen with the control of its artificial satellites. “Preventing the entry of oil ships is a testimony that weapons cannot be smuggled into Hodeidah.”
Regarding peace initiative, he said that a comprehensive solution document to end the war on Yemen submitted by the leadership of the Republic of Yemen in Sana’a to the United Nations in April, included measures to ensure the safety of the tanker Safer, through a technical mission led by the United Nations to assess the conditions of the tanker and conduct initial reforms.
It also included that the technical team make recommendations according to which a plan for extracting oil from the tanker in a safe manner, including the return of pumping oil to the tanker through the Safer-Ras Issa pipeline, would be agreed upon.
It is an initiative that is added to several initiatives previously launched by Sanaa regarding the vessel, including the supply of its oil revenues to pay employee salaries.
E.M