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Saudi Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources Khalid Al-Falih, has announced resumption of oil shipments through Bab-El- Mandeb Strait.
In a statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), Al-Falih, announced that Saudi Arabia has resumed oil shipments through Bab-El-Mandeb Strait effective earlier on Saturday, after confirmation by the Joint Forces of the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen of taking necessary measures to ensure the safety and security of the Coalition States’ ships transiting through the strait of Bab-El-Mandeb and the southern parts of the Red Sea, in coordination with the international community and in accord with international law and related United Nations Security Council resolutions.
Saudi Arabia had announced, on July 25, that oil shipments through Bab-El-Mandeb would be temporarily halted after the unsuccessful terrorist attacks carried by Iran-supported Houthi Militia on two Saudi crude carriers.