01.02.2023, 13:14
Bewegung auf dem diplomatischen Parkett?
Und noch etwas zur weiterhin tickenden Zeitbombe, dem alten Tanker Safer, der immer noch nicht entladen wurde:
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Zitat:Saudi foreign minister sees progress towards ending Yemen warhttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/1/18...-yemen-war
Speaking in Davos, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud said a political settlement was needed to end the eight-year conflict.
Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister said on Wednesday that progress was being made towards ending the Yemen war, in which Riyadh leads a military coalition, but more work was needed, including reinstating a truce and transitioning to a permanent ceasefire. Speaking on a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud said the eight-year conflict would only be resolved through a political settlement. [...]
The Middle East’s leading Sunni Muslim and Shia powers, Saudi Arabia and Iran have for years vied for influence in a rivalry that has played out across the region in events such as the conflicts in Yemen, Syria and Lebanon. Riyadh and Tehran cut ties in 2016 but officials from the two countries have held five rounds of direct talks hosted by Iraq since last year, the last of which was in April, without achieving any diplomatic breakthroughs. [...] Yemen, the poorest country on the Arabian Peninsula, has been devastated since 2014 by the conflict opposing Houthi rebels backed by Iran and pro-government forces supported by a Saudi-led military coalition.
Und noch etwas zur weiterhin tickenden Zeitbombe, dem alten Tanker Safer, der immer noch nicht entladen wurde:
Zitat:Rescue Effort For Stricken Yemeni Tanker In Limbo, Despite Lull In Fightinghttps://www.forbes.com/sites/dominicdudl...-fighting/
Despite a relatively stable security situation in Yemen over recent months, efforts to rescue a large cargo of oil from a stricken tanker lying off the coast of the Middle East country appear to be making limited progress. The UK government was among those to voice concern this week about the delays to retrieving the crude oil from the FSO Safer, which has been abandoned since 2015. The vessel is in a poor state of repair and at risk of breaking up and spilling its cargo into the sea. [...]
The FSO Safer – the acronym in its name stands for floating storage and offloading – currently holds an estimated 1.1 million barrels of oil - four times the amount of oil spilled by the Exxon Valdez in March 1989. [...] In September last year, the UN said it had finally raised enough funds from donors to start the first phase of a plan to remove the oil from the decrepit ship, with some $75 million pledged by governments, local corporates and members of the public. Yesterday, France said it would donate a further €1 million to the rescue mission. [...] The first phase is due to take four months to complete, but the full rescue effort is expected to cost around $113 million, with an additional $38 million needed to install a safe, long-term oil storage facility to take the place of the Safer. [...]
Observers warn that if nothing is done and the cargo leaks or explodes, the effects would be devastating for the surrounding environment and local livelihoods. The UN has said that hundreds of thousands of jobs in the fishing industry would be lost almost overnight and it could take 25 years for fish stocks to recover.
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