Al-Thawra Net
The National Salvation Government has provided the necessary facilities to carry out the maintenance of the floating oil storage and offloading vessel that is moored in the Red Sea north of the Yemeni city of Hodeidah, FSO Safer, to avoid a major environmental disaster threatening the Red Sea and its marine neighborhoods, Prime Minister, Dr. Abdulaziz Saleh bin Habtoor confirmed on Wednesday.
Bin Habtoor’s remarks came during his meeting with the United Nations Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator in Yemen Lise Grande in Sana’a.
During the meeting they discussed issues related to the activities of the United Nations and humanitarian organizations operating under it in Yemen and ways to strengthen and develop cooperation and partnership relations with the Salvation Government and its relevant institutions.
The meeting discussed the implications of the oil derivatives crisis resulting from the collective punishment policy practiced by the coalition of the Saudi-Emirati aggression with international complicity on the Yemeni people by detaining ships holding UN licenses and preventing their access to Hodeidah port, as well as the direct effects of the crisis on the services sector, especially water, environment and energy.
The meeting touched on the effects of cutting back half of the UN major programmes in Yemen, and what this requires in terms of reconsideration and remedial work towards this sharp reduction. In addition to addressing the issue of employee salaries and the need for the United Nations to fulfill its duty to oblige the pro-aggression government to fulfill its commitment to pay salaries without discrimination, and to stop trading the benefits of simple employees.
The meeting dealt with the problems of immigrants from the Horn of Africa and the need to work with the International Organization for Migration to put in place appropriate solutions in coordination with their countries, taking into account the conditions Yemen is currently going through as a result of the aggression, blockade and the emergency measures imposed.
The Prime Minister reaffirmed the government’s keenness to enhance cooperation and partnership relations with the humanitarian work system operating in Yemen, to overcome all difficulties and address any problems that might hinder its valuable activities.
