More than 12.3 Billion Dollars in losses in the Transport Sectors as a Result of the Aggression and the Siege
- Ahmed Shorai
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Deputy Prime Minister for National Vision Affairs Mr. Mahmoud Al-Junaid stressed the importance of the pivotal and vital role of the transport sector in its various fields in developing the national economy and moving the wheel of development.
During a press conference held by the Ministry of Transport in Sana'a, Al-Junaid pointed out to the destruction that the ministry and its affiliated sectors were subjected to by the US-Saudi-Emirati aggression coalition to disrupt the vital role of this sector and the air, land and sea navigation services it provides at the local and international levels.
And he valued the efforts of the leadership of the Ministry of Transport and its affiliated bodies and institutions in setting up a journalist aimed at exposing and exposing the crimes of the aggression coalition in destroying the capabilities and wealth of the Yemeni people.. He stressed that the international and international silence on the crimes of aggression and the siege against the Yemeni people is evidence of complicity and participation in those crimes.
Al-Junaid praised the efforts made to maintain the technical and professional operational readiness of the transport sectors, stressing the interest of the revolutionary leadership and the Supreme Political Council in the transport sector, as it is one of the most important economic sectors.
Meanwhile, Minister of Transport General/Abdul Wahab Al-Durra revealed that the total initial damages and losses caused by the US-Saudi-Emirati aggression and blockade from March 2015 until June 2022, in the land, sea and air transport sectors, amounted to 12 billion and 318 million and 628 thousand dollars.
He stated that the damages and losses inflicted on the transport sectors as a direct result of the aggression included all infrastructure, electronic and modern technical devices of all kinds and specializations, equipment, heavy machinery and electrical systems at airports, sea and land ports.
He explained that the airports of Sanaa, Taiz, Hodeida and Saada were subjected to systematic and deliberate destruction by the aggression, which included buildings, runways for aircraft, navigational devices, radars, communication and communication devices and others, which led to the complete exit of the airports of Taiz, Hodeida and Saada, stressing the restoration of the operation of Sana'a International Airport with the efforts of cadres and expertise Yemeni.
The Minister of Transport pointed to the need to allow entry to the equipment and equipment necessary for the safety of civil aviation and meteorology, as it is one of the most important conditions for the safety and security of passengers and civil aviation.
The Minister of Transport renewed the demand of the United Nations to quickly open Sana’a International Airport and all airports and ports of the Republic of Yemen without conditions or restrictions and to neutralize them from targeting as civilian objects, in addition to lifting the hand of the occupier from all airports of the Republic and not using them as military bases and barracks.
He explained that the port of Hodeida was destroyed in all its vital and important facilities in maritime navigation, foremost of which are bridge cranes, equipment, technical devices, berths, hangers and boats that it was relied on to receive various ships, including cargo container ships.
Minister Al-Durra indicated that the land transport also had its infrastructure and technical equipment destroyed, which included (Al-Twal,) land port and other vital land ports, heavy freight carriers and mass transit.
Deputy Minister of Transport Mr. Mohammed Al-Hashemi confirmed that the US-Saudi-Emirati aggression, sought by intensifying its attack on the various transport sectors, to paralyze air, sea and land navigation, considering transport the lifeblood of society.
He spoke on the role of the transport sector and the services it provides in all fields, pointing to the keenness of the revolution leadership, the Supreme Political Council and the government to develop the transport sector through plans, programs and qualitative studies for strategic projects included in the National Vision for the year 1444 AH.
The President of the Civil Aviation and Meteorology Authority, Dr. Muhammad Abdul-Qader, stated that air transport was the first target of the aggression coalition’s aviation, as Sana’a International Airport was targeted on the night of March 26, 2015 with nine direct raids, which included the halls and the main runway for landing aircraft.
He pointed out that the airports of Taiz, Hodeida and Saada were directly destroyed, which led to their departure from operational readiness.
He praised the efforts of the authority's cadres in rehabilitating Sana'a International Airport and operating it technically and professionally to provide its navigational services in accordance with international requirements and the ICAO International Aviation Organization.
Meanwhile, the head of the Land Transport Regulatory Authority, Mr. Walid Al-Waadi, confirmed that land transport is one of the sectors that have been most destroyed by the coalition of aggression, especially the vital land ports and their transformation into camps belonging to the aggression and its mercenaries.
The Vice-chairman of Yemen Red Sea Ports Corporation, Mr. Zaid Al-Washali, reviewed the services provided by the port of Hodeida, despite the scarcity and lack of equipment and technical devices needed to receive and unload ships. Pointing out that the port equipment and devices affiliated with the Corporation were destroyed by the coalition of aggression.
According to a statement issued by the Ministry of Transport and its affiliated bodies and institutions, the initial damages and losses in the air transport sector represented by the Civil Aviation Authority and Meteorology and the Yemeni Airlines and Al-Saeeda Airlines amounted to six billion and 621 million dollars, while the damages and losses in the maritime transport sector represented by the Yemeni Red Sea Ports Corporation and the General Authority For Maritime Affairs, four billion and 872 million dollars.
The statement stated that the damages to the land transport sector, represented by the General Authority for Regulating Land Transport Affairs and the Local Corporation for Land Transport, amounted to 824 million and 595 thousand dollars.
He called on the international community and international and humanitarian organizations to assume their responsibilities in alleviating the suffering of the Yemeni people, stopping the aggression, lifting the siege imposed on them, and enabling them to use and operate their facilities and service facilities.
He indicated that the Ministry of Transport and its affiliated bodies and institutions have prepared emergency plans to restore technical readiness to a minimum, relying on national capabilities and competencies, which have achieved technical and professional achievements in providing air, sea and land transport services.
