Coalition-backed government sells Qishn Port in Mahra

MAHRA, June. 27 (YPA) – The government backed by the Saudi-led coalition has sold the most important Yemeni port for exporting limestone, in violation of all Yemeni laws, regulations, and sovereignty.

Head of the “Hana Aden Center for Studies,” Anis Mansour, affirmed that the government headed by Maeen Abdul-Malik, through the Minister of Transport, sold the port of Qishn in Mahra province, to export limestone at the cheapest price, to the Ajham Energy and Mining Company Ltd.

“The port project’s cost is reaching 130 million dollars, and the company has a capital of 20 million dollars, have paid five million dollars under the contract to the Ministry of Transport in the government,” he added.

He explained that the contract was signed with the company by the ministry before it was presented to the so-called “cabinet of ministers” and approved, noting that the move did authorized by the Ministry of Transport headed by a leader in the “Southern Transitional.” Abdul Salam Hamid, who gave the investor ownership of the project or parts of it in case there was no government objection within 14 days.

Mansour affirmed that the approval to sign the deal to establish the port of Qishn, which is to be established for the export of limestone, without being signed with the Ministry of Oil and Mineral Resources, to invest these resources, is for exploration only.

In early July 2021, Ministry of Transport in the government signed an agreement with th company to lease the strategic port of Qishn on the Arabian Sea, and to establish a marine port and a dock for the docking of ships in its first phase.

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