The Saudi Arabian Government has warned that it will not incur responsibility regarding any shortage of oil supply as its oil facilities are attacked by Houthi terrorist militias.
This was disclosed in a statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Monday morning.
Iranian backed Houthi rebels recently attacked a Saudi oil installation, at a time when Saudi Arabia has been urged to boost crude oil production as Russian sanctions affect supply and prices.
What they are saying
The Foreign Ministry said the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia declares, “that it will not incur any responsibility in light of the attacks on its oil facilities from Iranian backed terrorist Houthi militias”.
The Kingdom stressed the importance of the international community realising the gravity of Iran’s continued behaviour of equipping the terrorist Houthi Militias with the technology of the ballistic missiles and advanced UAVs with which they target the Kingdom’s production sites of oil, gas and refined products, resulting in serious consequences for upstream and downstream sectors.
It added that the attacks is affecting the Kingdom’s production capability and its ability to fulfill its commitments, undermining without a doubt, the security and sustainability of energy supplies to global markets.
It also urged the international community on the importance of undertaking its responsibility to preserve the energy supplies and stand firm against the Iranian-backed Houthi terrorist militias, adding that they represent a ” direct threat to the security of oil supplies in these extremely sensitive circumstances witnessed by the global energy markets”
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