News - Yemen: President Mahdi Al-Mashat met on Tuesday Shabwa Governorate Undersecretary for Oil and Gas Affairs Al-Hassan bin Ali Al-Harthy.

During the meeting, the continuous looting of oil and gas for the eighth year in a row by the mercenaries of the US-Saudi aggression was discussed.

President Mashat condemned the continuous looting of the oil and gas resources of the Yemeni people by the mercenaries of the US-Saudi aggression.

“The price of this looted wealth is deposited in the National Bank of Saudi Arabia, while the Yemeni people suffer from the lack of services and the interruption of salaries due to the brutal US-Saudi aggression and the unjust siege on our country,” he added.

He stressed that the oil and gas revenues looted by the mercenaries of the aggression are sufficient to disburse the salaries of all state employees, retirees' pensions, and achieve broad development at the national level.

President Mashat called on the United Nations and the international community to pressure the mercenaries of aggression to fulfill what was committed in the Stockholm Agreement, and to pay the deficit in the amount of the salaries of all state employees and the pensions of retirees.

He explained that the account that was opened at the Central Bank branch in Hodeidah is still depositing the revenues of the port of Hodeidah to contribute to the disbursement of salaries to all state employees in accordance with the unilateral initiative of the Supreme Political Council. Meanwhile, he added, the Saudi-backed party did not commit to filling the gap for the payment of salaries.
 
Mashat stressed that the payment of salaries and pensions is a natural entitlement for all employees and retirees.

He stressed that the Yemeni people will not remain silent about the continued looting of their wealth and capabilities, which are transformed into companies and real estate for mercenaries abroad, while the Yemeni people suffer greatly as a result of the US blockade and brutal aggression.

During the four months of the UN-brokered truce and the extension that took place between April 2 and August 2, the pro-aggression government looted Yemeni crude oil and domestic gas revenues, the equivalent of the salaries of state employees for seven months.

This amount was enough to alleviate the suffering of the people, which has been going on for nearly six years, since the US-Saudi aggression transfered central bank jobs to Aden and cut salaries.

The total revenues of crude oil and domestic gas looted by the Saudi-mercenaries in the past four months is about 919.66 million dollars, equivalent to about 551.8 billion Yemeni riyals. It would have covered the salaries of all state administrative employees for more than seven months, at 77 billion Yemeni riyals for each month.

The looted crude oil is about 8.3 million barrels, with a total value of up to 801 million dollars, equivalent to 480.6 billion Yemeni riyals. The domestic gas sold by the Saudi-backed government is about 232.5 thousand tons, which is equal to 20 million cylinders, with a total of 71.2 billion Yemeni riyals.

Yemeni crude oil was subjected to a series of continuous looting by Saudi-mercenaries. On April 10, the foreign ship Politaris arrived at the Dabba port in Hadramout to loot 2.3 million barrels. Its total value is approximately $267 million. While the Indian ship SEAVELVET arrived on the 25th of the same month at Al-Nashima port in Shabwa governorate to loot one million barrels, with a total value of 106 million dollars. On May 31, the foreign ship Apolitaris arrived at the port of Ash-Shihr in Hadramout to loot more than 2.2 million barrels, with a total of more than $270 million.

June and July, were also witnesses to the series of Saudi-mercenaries looting, and behind them, the US-Saudi aggression, for Yemeni crude oil.

On the 26th of last June, the ship Golf Aetos arrived at the Radhum port in Shabwa governorate to loot 400,000 barrels, with a total value of $44 million. It was followed by three days later, on the 29th of the same month, the arrival of the Emirati ship lSABAELL to the port of Al-Nashima in Shabwa to loot nearly one million barrels, worth 114 million dollars.

During April 2 - August 2, 2022, the Saudi-backed government sold 9,300 trailers distributed in 20 million cylinders. With a total of 232.5 thousand tons, with a total value of 71.2 billion Yemeni riyals. A monthly rate of 2325 trailers, in which five million cylinders are distributed from the company per month, with a total value of 17.8 billion riyals. The price per cylinder is 3576 riyals.