Sanaa affirms its commitment to Stockholm agreements regarding salaries

SANAA, May 31 (YPA) – Minister of Finance in the Sanaa government, Dr. Rashid Aboud Abu Lahoum, reiterated the readiness to allocate the revenues of oil ships in Hodeida port to pay all state’s employee salaries.

The minister told Yemen TV this step would be carried out in the event that the other party committed to covering the gap in the salary amount in accordance with the Stockholm Agreement.

He pointed out that the Sanaa Government would be committed to supplying all revenues from oil derivatives ships to the account of the Central Bank branch in Hodeida province in 2019, according to the agreement with the United Nations.

Abu Lahoum said that the President of the Supreme Political Council confirmed, in his speech during the graduation ceremony of a number of security forces, Sanaa’s commitment to what was agreed upon regarding salaries.

He demanded for the United Nations to implement what was agreed upon and to cover the difference in oil and gas revenues that had been looted by the Saudi-led coalition’s tools to cover the payment of salaries in all province.

The minister accused the aggression coalition and its tool of repudiating the salary-disbursement agreement from the first moment with flimsy justifications, calling on the United Nations to do its duty in this regard.
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