UAE plundering Yemen's energy resources through gas deal with France: Report
Sunday, 06 February 2022 7:46 AM
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This file picture shows a part of Yemen's second liquid natural gas plant under construction in the coastal area of Balhaf, southeast of the capital, Sana’a, on February 19, 2009.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is reportedly looting Yemen’s energy resources to pay for recent multi-billion-dollar arms deals with France, which are designed to boost Abu Dhabi’s air power amid its deadly Saudi-led war against Yemen.
Yemen’s al-Khabar al-Yemeni news website, citing informed sources who preferred not to be named, reported that French Ambassador to Yemen Jean-Marie Safa met with a number of UAE-allied tribal chiefs from the southern Yemeni province of Shabwah on Saturday, as part of efforts to restart the main liquefied natural gas (LNG) production facility in the area under a deal with Abu Dhabi.
The report added that the meeting focused on operational measures at the Belhaf LNG facility, where French multinational oil and gas company TotalEnergies SE owns and controls more than 50% of the shares.
Earlier, the new Shabwah provincial governor, Awad Mohammed Abdullah al-Awlaki, had said the Balhaf facility would come on stream in the near future.
The report comes as French Defense Minister Florence Parly
tweeted on Friday that Paris would boost the United Arab Emirates’ missile system after a series of
retaliatory ballistic missile and drone attacks by Yemeni Armed Forces.
France’s defense ministry said the agreement with Abu Dhabi would see operations conducted from the al-Dhafra air base offering refueling and surface-to-air capacities.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is reportedly looting Yemen’s energy resources through a gas deal that the Persian Gulf country has struck with France.
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