RIYADH (Debriefer)--The internationally recognised government of Yemen on Wednesday allowed several fuel vessels to enter Hudaydah seaport which is controlled by the Houthi group.
The Minister of Foreign and Expatriate Affairs Ahmed Awadh bin Mubarak said the move came within the government's response to humanitarian needs, without giving the exact number of the vessels.
We do care about the people across the country and we are doing what we can to alleviate their suffering despite continued Houthi breaches of the Stockholm agreement, he said.
Last month, the government approved two vessels carrying diesel and mazut to dock at the seaport.
Regions controlled by the Iran-allied Houthi group have been experiencing fuel shortages for long. The group is accusing the government and the Saudi-led coalition backing it of holding fuel ships in the Red Sea and preventing them from entering Hudaydah.
But the government is demanding to deposit fuel revenues in a bank account not controlled by the group in return for allowing imports to resume through the port.
It wants to use the fuel revenues to give salaries of unpaid public servants.
The coalition has been holding for months two ships carrying 59.966 tons of benzene and diesel and two ships carrying mazut and gas, the group says.
The president of the Houthi supreme political council Mahdi Al-Mashat on Sunday called on the United Nations to shoulder its responsibilities and commit the coalition to release the ships.
