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Yemen participates in the 147th meeting of the UN-Habitat

[12/10/2019 06:30]

NIROBI-SABA
Charged' Affairs of the Yemeni embassy in Nairobi, Permanent Representative to the United Nations Human Settlements Program (UN-Habitat) Abdulsalam al-Awadhi contributed Saturday to the 147th session of the permeant representatives to the UN-Habitat in Nairobi.

Al-Awadhi delivered a speech in which he cited the potential environmental hazards of the float oil reservoir in RasEssa seaport of Hodeidah that contains about one million and 140 thousand barrels of crude oil. The reservoir has been without maintenance since four years due to Houthi militiamen's intransigence.

Al-Awadhi also noted that Iran-backed Houthi militia attacked the Saudi oil tanker off coast of Hodeidah while laden 2 million barrels of crude oil.