War coalition plunders over 85% of Yemeni oil, gas revenues, says Sana’a

The head of Yemen’s Supreme Political Council says the leaders of the war coalition against Yemen plunder more than 85 percent of the country’s oil and gas revenues.

Mahdi al-Mashat made the remarks in a meeting with Yemeni Prime Minister Abdel-Aziz bin Habtour in Sana’a on Sunday, according to Yemen’s al-Masirah media network.

Mashat said the war coalition countries, led by the US and Saudi Arabia, are seeking to increase the suffering of the Yemeni citizens through their suffocating siege, seizure of ships containing fuel, food and pharmaceuticals as well as their economic war.

He maintained that the US aims to raise the prices of fuel by its acts of piracy and arbitrary measures.

The US wants to weaken Yemen’s national currency in the context of the economic war targeting all Yemenis, he added.

Through such measures, Mashat said, the war coalition is seeking to bring the Yemeni people, who reject the occupation of their land and the policies of impoverishment being practiced on them, to their knees.

He also praised the Sana’a government’s performance in providing services to Yemeni citizens and alleviating their suffering.

The director general of the Yemen Petroleum Company (YPC) said on Sunday that the fuel derivatives that have reached the port of Hudaydah since the beginning of 2021 constitute only a very small fraction of the actual needs of the country.

Adnan Al-Jarmozi said in a statement that the country needs 1.36 million tonnes of gasoline and 1.54 million tonnes of diesel during the year.

He explained that the port of Hudaydah has received only 27,893 tonnes of gasoline and 57,982 tonnes of diesel, which respectively amount to 4% and 7% of the country’s needs.