News - Yemen:  The Ministry of Oil and Minerals denounced what the Pro-US-Saudi aggression government had done by approving the sale of the oil sector (S2) Al-Aqla in Shabwa governorate, affiliated with the Austrian company OMV, the operator of the sector, to SPEC.

In a statement, the ministry confirmed, Saturday, its categorical rejection of any measures taken through the Pro-US-Saudi government, whether by selling, waiving, or transferring any of the shares and rights owned by any contractor member in any sector.
It also affirmed its refusal to conduct any negotiations or receive the state's financial rights without official approval from the Ministry of Oil and Minerals in Sana'a, because these procedures are illegal and will not be accepted, and whoever violates that will bear the responsibility.

The statement indicated that this is not the first deal approved by the US-Saudi mercenaries, as it had previously agreed in 2021 to sell Kuwait Energy Company for its share in sector (5) and transfer the operation of the sector to Petromasila Company in violation.

The statement called on the international community and all international organizations to play their role in stopping the tampering with the wealth of the Yemeni people by the US-Saudi mercenaries.

The statement also called on the Yemeni people in all governorates to stand against this tampering and looting of their rights, wealth and capabilities. The ministry holds the US-Saudi mercenaries' government fully legally responsible for the complicity and looting of the wealth of the Yemeni people.

Recently, The head of the National Delegation, Mohammad Abdulsalam, Tuesday, met with the UN envoy to Yemen to discuss the course of the UN-sponsored truce and the obstacles and complications it faces.

In a tweet, Abdulsalam said that during the meeting, they discussed the course of the humanitarian and military truce and the obstacles and complications it faces, in addition to the importance of disbursing the salaries of the state employees.

He added, "We stressed to the envoy the importance of disbursing salaries throughout the country, and the Chairman of the Military Committee and the Governor of the Central Bank of Yemen participated with us in the meeting."

Earlier, Ministry of Finance explained that the Salvation Government, eight months after the Stockholm Agreement, unilaterally and under the direction of the Chairman of the Supreme Political Council, opened an account at the Central Bank branch in Hodeidah in August 2019, in implementation of what was agreed upon after the other party's procrastination in this regard.

The Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs accused the US-Saudi aggression and mercenaries of repudiating the salary-disbursement agreement from the first moment of signing the agreement with flimsy justifications, calling on the United Nations to do its duty in this regard.

In early April, the UN special envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, announced the nationwide ceasefire, for the first time since 2016, saying the two-month truce would be eligible for renewal with the consent of parties. The truce meant to halt all military operations in the country and to bring the foreign military invasion to an end.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the truce "must be a first step to ending Yemen’s devastating war," urging the warring parties to build on the opportunity to "resume an inclusive and comprehensive Yemeni political process."

The deal stipulates halting offensive military operations, including cross-border attacks, and allowing fuel-laden ships to enter Yemen’s lifeline al-Hudaydah port and commercial flights in and out of the airport in the capital Sana’a "to predetermined destinations in the region."

The Saudi-led aggression continues to violate the truce by detaining new fuel ships, despite their inspection and obtaining permits from the United Nations, insisting on the closure of Sana’a Airport, as well as, the fires of the aggression side did not subside along the fronts, on the borders and inside. Shelling, reconnaissance, development and crawl, including a failed advance carried out by mercenaries towards Army and Popular Committee sites south of Marib.