It renewed its full solidarity with the Kingdom over the subversive terrorist attacks

UAE condemns the terrorist attack on a fuel transport ship in Jeddah

An archive photo of the BW Ryan oil tanker.

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The UAE has strongly condemned the terrorist attack that targeted a ship intended for transporting fuel in the city of Jeddah, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, through a booby-trapped boat, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation confirmed in a statement yesterday that the UAE considers this attack a new evidence of terrorist groups ’endeavor to undermine security And stability in the region.

The UAE renewed its full solidarity with the Kingdom over these subversive terrorist attacks, and stood with it in one line against every threat to its security and the security of navigation and global trade.

The Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, Ahmed Abul-Gheit, issued a statement condemning the targeting of an oil tanker in the port of Jeddah, indicating that such terrorist acts do not only target the Kingdom, but also represent a serious threat to international trade, and the principle of freedom of navigation.

Abu Al-Gheit said that these acts of sabotage are condemned and rejected, and he affirmed full solidarity with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in any measures it takes in defense of its security and in the maintenance of freedom of navigation in the Red Sea.

The Secretary-General of the Arab League stated that the security of the Red Sea is an integral part of Arab national security, in addition to the importance it represents for international trade, and that undermining its stability represents a threat to global security and stability, which must be condemned and addressed.

The President of the Arab Parliament, Adel bin Abdulrahman Al-Asoumi, condemned the cowardly terrorist attack on an oil tanker in the port of Jeddah, with a booby trapped boat, stressing that undermining the Kingdom's security is a threat to Arab national security.

Al-Asoumi said in a statement that this terrorist attack, which comes shortly after other cowardly terrorist attacks against oil and vital installations in the Kingdom, constitutes a grave danger, not only to the security of the Kingdom, but to the security and stability of energy supplies to the whole world, in addition to its direct threat. To the security, freedom of navigation and international trade, calling on the international community to stand united against these terrorist acts, which aim to spread chaos, destruction and sabotage, and to take deterrent measures against their perpetrators, their financiers and their supporters, whether they are individuals, states, terrorist groups and armed militias.

The President of the Arab Parliament expressed the Parliament's solidarity and complete stand with the Kingdom against every threat to its security, and its support in all measures it takes to defend its lands, secure its vital installations, and preserve its security and the safety of citizens and residents on its lands.

A number of countries, including Kuwait, Bahrain, the Sultanate of Oman, Egypt, Jordan and Pakistan issued similar statements, in which they expressed their strong condemnation and denunciation of the targeting of an oil tanker in the port of Jeddah by a booby-trapped boat, and the data confirmed that the continuation of these terrorist acts, and the dangerous repercussions they entail, target security The Kingdom, the stability of the region, freedom of navigation and global energy supplies, are a flagrant violation of international laws and charters, which requires serious action by the international community.

An official source in the Saudi Ministry of Energy announced, the day before yesterday, that a ship intended to transport fuel, which was anchored in the fuel dump in Jeddah, had been attacked by a booby-trapped boat, which resulted in the ignition of a small fire, which the firefighting and safety units managed to extinguish, and it did not result. The accident reported no injuries or loss of life, and no damage was caused to the fuel unloading facilities, or any impact on its supplies.

The source denounced this terrorist attack, stressing that it comes shortly after the attack on another ship in Al-Shuqaiq, the petroleum products distribution station in north Jeddah, and the floating unloading platform of the petroleum products distribution station in Jizan, and that these terrorist acts of sabotage, directed against the facilities The vitality goes beyond targeting the Kingdom, and its vital facilities, to targeting the security and stability of energy supplies to the world and the global economy.

The source emphasized the seriousness of such criminal acts, and their destructive impact on maritime traffic, the security of petroleum exports, and the freedom of global trade, in addition to the threat to the coasts and regional waters of exposure to major environmental disasters, which could result from the leakage of petroleum or petroleum products.

He explained that the world today, more than ever before, is in an urgent need to stand together against such subversive terrorist acts, and to take practical deterrent measures against all terrorist actors that implement and support them.

The "Havnia" Shipping Company confirmed that an explosion hit the oil tanker, "BMW Ryan" owned by it, while unloading the ship's cargo in the port of Jeddah.

• Statements of condemnation from several countries confirming that these terrorist acts target the Kingdom's security and the stability of the region.

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