Sanaa affirms coalition continues maritime piracy against oil ships

SANAA, Jan. 06 (YPA) – Spokesman for the Yemen Petroleum Company (YPC) in Sanaa, Essam Al-Mutawakil, confirmed on Thursday that “the Saudi-led coalition force are continuing to imposed its maritime piracy operations on oil derivatives ships.

Al-Mutawakil said, in a news statement, that oil derivatives ships were granted the entry licenses to Yemen, but Saudi Arabia pirated and detained them, stressing that the fines for the detention of oil derivatives ships by the coalition exceeded four million and 500 thousand dollars.

He said, “We contacted international organizations and the United Nations, but we did not receive any response.”

The spokesman revealed the meetings with UN officials confirmed that the blockade on Yemen and the port of Hodeida is entirely an American decision.

He pointed out that the UN-licensed oil derivatives ships cover all the Yemeni people’s needs, and the coalition countries have no right to detain or inspect them.

Earlier, the spokesman announced that the US military forces had seized the sixth oil ship carrying a quantity of (9,487 tons) of domestic gas.

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