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

SANAA, April 24 (YPA) – Yemeni Petroleum Company (YPC) has on Friday, organized a protest in front of the United Nations office in Sanaa to demand the release all ships laden with oil derivatives being held by the US-Saudi aggression.

The director of YPC, Ammar Al-Adhrai, confirmed that the fines of  three fuel vessels that were withdrawn by the exporting companies amounted to six million dollars.

During the protest, Al-Adhrai said that the US-Saudi forces are still holding five ships loaded with diesel and gasoline and are preventing them from reaching the port of Hodeidah, despite obtaining the permits of United Nations.

He held the United Nations and the coalition forces responsible for the impact of this act of piracy.

In addition, a statement issued by the trade union committees of Yemeni YPC condemned the continuing acts of piracy against fuel ships and the complicity of the international community and UN agencies which is contrary to all international and humanitarian laws and conventions.

The statement appealed to the international community and humanitarian agencies to quickly intervene to save the humanitarian situation in Yemen.

“They should pressure the coalition forces to release fuel ships in order to avoid humanitarian catastrophe threatening the lives of millions of Yemenis,” the statement said.

It renewed the demands for UN to put pressure on the US-Saudi aggression to lift the ban imposed on Sanaa International Airport and Ras Issa Port, and to stop targeting the economy.

E.M