MUSCAT, June. 01 (Saba) - Acting Chairman of the High Economic Committee, Governor of the Central Bank Hashim Ismail, participated in a meeting held on Tuesday in Muscat, Oman, with UN envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg, headed by the head of the national delegation Mohammed AbdulSalam.
During the meeting, in the presence of the head of the military commission, Major General Yahya al-Razami, the path of the truce and the obstacles it faced were discussed, and the need to pay the salaries of state employees.
Ismail pointed out that the Supreme Political Council's initiative to open a special salary account in the Central Bank branch of Hodeida, and to deposit revenues from oil derivatives vessels to it has been in place since 2020.
He stressed that, although those revenues were scarce, their supply to the payroll account continued, including those of ships entering under the armistice, and were used to pay half of the salary from time to time.
Ismail reiterated his readiness to coordinate any mechanisms to ensure that staff and retirees in all provinces end the suffering and pay their salaries on a regular basis if the UNITED Nations or the other party is obliged to cover the salary gap, in accordance with Sweden's December 2018 agreement.
He referred to the monthly revenues of oil looted by the other party, which is approximately $260 million per month, based on the average price of $110 per barrel, which is equivalent to 145 billion riyals, which is twice the total salary of state employees. Despite these revenues, employees' salaries in the occupied governorates are not regularly paid and are delayed for many months, he said.
The acting chairman of the High Economic Committee, the governor of the Central Bank, also stressed that there is no point in any truce that does not serve citizens, does not contribute to alleviating their suffering caused by the aggression and blockade, and the economic war targeting all Yemenis.
For his part, the UN envoy stressed that the salary file for state employees will be the top priority to be worked on.
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resource : Saba