FM: Sanaa’s warning to foreign companies against looting Yemeni oil does not contradict with efforts to end war

SANAA, Oct. 22 (YPA) – Minister of Foreign Affairs in Sanaa, Hisham Sharaf, confirmed on Saturday that the Sanaa’s warning to foreign companies operating in Yemen of the continued looting of the Yemeni oil, does not contradict in any way with the efforts to end the war.

The minister said in a news statement that the warning message was only a first step that would be escalated, noting that the Yemeni national leadership will not stand idly by in the face of continuined looting oil wealth of the Yemeni people.

“Sanaa is continuing to extend its hand for a just and honorable peace, out of strength and ability,” added he, affirming its readiness to renew the truce aimed at creating the conditions for reaching a comprehensive peaceful political settlement by ending the war and lifting the comprehensive siege, including paying the salaries of state employees, and the entry of all oil ships and commercial goods to Hodeida port, as well commercial flights to and from Sanaa International Airport.

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