The Safer has been moored in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen, near Ras Isa oil terminal, for more than five years. Guterres and the Security Council have repeatedly pleaded with the Houthis in Yemen to allow access to the tanker for assessment and repairs. “The environmental and humanitarian disaster that is waiting to happen in case of an oil spill is entirely avoidable,” said Dujarric. It is owned by the Yemen Oil and Gas Corporation but fell into the hands of the Houthis in 2015, early in the Yemeni Civil War. “At this point, we can’t spend any more donor money — and we don’t want to spend any more donor money.

Source: Ethiopian News March 10, 2021 20:53 UTC