The European Union welcomes the completion of the oil transfer from the decaying vessel FSO Safer in Red Sea waters off the Yemeni coast, in a UN-led operation supported by the EU and its Member States. The successful transfer of the estimated 1.14 million barrels of light crude oil is key to averting an imminent environmental disaster in Yemen and the Red Sea.

The successful operation is a welcome testament to the possibility of cooperation among the parties to the conflict with UN coordination and together with Yemen’s international partners.

The European Union has provided €3 million in support of the UN-coordinated plan to address the environmental threat posed by FSO Safer tanker in the Red Sea.