The Yemeni government accused Houthi militias of exacerbating the humanitarian situation and selling fuel on the black market.
The government called on the international community and the United Nations to put pressure on the group to force it to implement the agreement on the mechanism of importing oil derivatives to the port of Hodeidah.
The Technical Office of the Supreme Economic Council issued a statement on Tuesday, saying that the measures taken by the government pertaining to the flow of fuel to the port of Hodeidah and the Houthi-controlled areas showed its keenness to alleviate the suffering of citizens and avoid exacerbating the humanitarian situation due to the shortage of fuel.
“Government measures embody the positive government response to the requests of the UN envoy to Yemen, without compromising controls on curbing the illegal trade of fuel in the country,” the statement emphasized.
The Council called on “the international community with all its organizations, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, and the UN Special Envoy to Yemen, to assume their role in holding the Houthi militia responsible for complicating the humanitarian situation because of their violations of the agreement that was made with the UN envoy.”
The statement accused the Houthis of “triggering fuel crises… strengthening their activity on the black market, exploiting the needs and suffering of citizens, and endangering the lives of civilians by storing fuel in buildings and residential neighborhoods.”
It also said that the militias were obstructing easy access to fuel and the disbursement of civilian salaries, as well as impeding the efforts of the international envoy on these two matters.
The Council urged the international community to take the necessary measures to stop the practices of the insurgents and to curb their “inhuman and immoral exploitation of the basic requirements of life and the suffering of citizens.”