EU launches statements about economic collapse in Aden

SANAA, June 11 (YPA) – The European Union’s ambassador to Yemen, Gabriel Munuera Viñals, expressed his concern about the statements of the head of the pro-coalition “government”, regarding the approaching Yemeni economic collapse in the coalition-held areas.

Viñals called on the government, Moein Abdul-Malik, to stop actions that undermine the country’s economy and the private sector, adding that “peace in Yemen requires more, not less, cooperation between Yemenis.

In the first comment on the statement ofUE official, Yemeni activists said, “Viñals shows a bias in favor of the coalition forces in Yemen, considering that there is an ill-conceived response by the West to the allegations of the coalition-backed government, “while the calls of more than 70% of Yemenis in the areas controlled by the Sanaa government, which are subject to a strict siege and war of starvation by the coalition countries outside the principles of international and humanitarian law.”

Some human rights activists pointed out that the coalition-backed government taking the issue of banning oil exports imposed by Sanaa forces as a pretext to justify the collapse of the economy in the areas controlled by the coalition, adding that the issue of paying employees’ salaries that Sanaa demands from oil revenues does not exceed 20% of the revenues of oil, which amounted to $13 billion from mid-2016 to the end of 2021, according to the OPEC report issued in July last year.

Earlier in the day, the head of the pro-coalition government held a meeting via videoconferencing technology, during which he talked about his government’s arrival in a critical economic situation, due to the ban on oil exports, hinting at the possibility of the resumption of confrontations with the Sanaa forces.

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