The Speaker of the Arab Parliament, Adel bin Abdul Rahman Al-Asoumi, warned once again of the imminent catastrophic risks of leaking, sinking or exploding the oil tanker (Safer) anchored off the city of Hodeidah in Yemen, carrying 1.14 million barrels of oil on board, as a result of continued intransigence. The Houthi coup militia and its refusal to enter a UN team to maintain and unload it for 6 years.
He pointed out that the continuation of this threatens the occurrence of the largest environmental, humanitarian and economic catastrophe, the effects of which go beyond the Republic of Yemen, and constitute a serious threat to the security and environmental safety in the countries bordering the Red Sea.
He stressed the need for immediate and urgent international action to exert more pressure on the Houthi militia to stop its manipulation of the file and its use as a material for pressure and political blackmail, and to deal with it as a hostage, and to allow the UN team to board the tanker, assess its technical condition, and unload the tanker, which has become a real threat to international shipping.
The Speaker of the Arab Parliament called on the United Nations to urgently take the necessary measures to ensure the prevention of oil leakage and transfer it to a safe place or benefit from it for the benefit of the Yemeni people, calling on the international community to make an urgent contribution to support this initiative, and to work hard to save the crisis situation that threatens a catastrophe.