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Ambassador Fagin visits Seiyun city in Hadhramaut Governorate

Ambassador Steven H. Fagin traveled Seiyun in Hadhramaut, the first trip by a U.S. Ambassador to Seiyun in more than ten years. He was welcomed by Hadhramawt Governor Mabkhoot bin Mubarak bin Madhi, and they discussed efforts to ensure that the region’s residents had the opportunity to contribute to Yemen’s stability, security, and ... Read More»

By U.S. Embassy in Sana'a | 31 August, 2023 | Topics: Ambassador, News, Press Releases

Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield Applauds the Completion of the FSO Safer Oil Offloading Operation

United States Mission to the United Nations Office of Press and Public Diplomacy For Immediate Release August 11, 2023 Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield Applauds the Completion of the FSO Safer Oil Offloading Operation I welcome the news that the UN has now successfully transferred oil from the decaying FSO Safer supertanker moored off Yemen’s Red Sea ... Read More»

By U.S. Embassy in Sana'a | 12 August, 2023 | Topics: News, Press Releases

Statement from National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on Successful Transfer of Oil from Tanker in Red Sea

Today, the UN completed the offloading of over one million barrels of crude oil from the FSO Safer, an ageing supertanker moored off the Yemeni coast in the Red Sea – averting an oil spill that would have caused major environmental, economic, and humanitarian damage. Last year the United States – spearheaded by U.S. Special Envoy for Yemen ... Read More»

By U.S. Embassy in Sana'a | 12 August, 2023 | Topics: News, Press Releases

U.S. Welcomes Completion of The Safer Oil Tanker Offloading Operation in the Red Sea

PRESS STATEMENT ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE AUGUST 11, 2023 I welcome the news that the UN has completed a complex maritime operation in the Red Sea to safely offload the entirety of the oil onboard the FSO Safer, a decaying 47-year-old oil supertanker moored off Yemen’s Red Sea coast. The Safer was at risk of an oil spill four times the ... Read More»

By U.S. Embassy in Sana'a | 12 August, 2023 | Topics: Department Press Briefings, News, Press Releases, U.S. Secretary of State

UN Begins Operation to Prevent Catastrophic Oil Spill

PRESS STATEMENT MATTHEW MILLER, DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON JULY 25, 2023 The United States welcomes the news that the UN has begun its operation to prevent a catastrophic oil spill in the Red Sea. Today, experts initiated the process of off-loading 1.14 million barrels of oil from the decaying Safer oil tanker. The oil transfer is a critical step towards ... Read More»

By U.S. Embassy in Sana'a | 26 July, 2023 | Topics: Department Press Briefings, Environment, News, Press Releases

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