EU Welcomes the Unloading of Oil from Safer Tanker

Brussels, August 12, 2023, SPA -- The EU welcomed the complete unloading of crude oil from the Safer tanker in the Red Sea waters off the coast of Yemen.
Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano said in a statement in Brussels that the successful transfer of an estimated 1.14 million barrels of light crude oil was essential to avert an imminent environmental catastrophe in Yemen and the Red Sea.
He explained that the EU provided 3 million euros to support the plan coordinated by the UN to deal with the environmental threat posed by the tanker in the Red Sea.
--SPA