U.N. chief urges Yemen's Houthis to grant access to decaying oil tanker

Manama U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged Yemen's Houthi group to allow an assessment team to travel to a decaying oil tanker that is threatening to spill 1.1 million barrels of crude oil off the war-torn country's coastm. More than a month ago Houthi officials said th

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Published 15 August 2020, 8:00 · Updated 21:29

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U.N. chief urges Yemen's Houthis to grant access to decaying oil tanker

Manama

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged Yemen’s Houthi group to allow an assessment team to travel to a decaying oil tanker that is threatening to spill 1.1 million barrels of crude oil off the war-torn country’s coastm.

More than a month ago Houthi officials said they would agree to allow a U.N. mission to conduct a technical assessment and whatever initial repairs might be feasible on the Safer tanker. But the United Nations is still waiting for formal authorization.

U.N. chief urges Yemen's Houthis to grant access to decaying oil tanker

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