Almotamar.net - Sana’a- Yemen’s Vice President Abed Rabou Mansour Hadi on Sunday received the British Ambassador to Yemen Jonathan Wilks. During the meeting there was discussion of the efforts exerted for addressing supplies, especially oil and its products and gas and for avoiding deterioration of situations in those aspects.

In this regard, the Vice President pointed out that the oil pipeline will be repaired in the next days, in addition to importation of large quantities of oil and its products.

Hadi has warned against consequences of smuggling these substances and trading with them in the black market, giving directives for punishing anyone of owners of petrol stations proved to be violating that or the smugglers in the black market.

He pointed out that there is consultation on serious and direct work for solving the crisis and keeping away from complications in cooperation with the Joint Meting Parties, sheikhs and social personalities towards creation of harmony and peace and overcoming these difficult circumstances.

The British ambassador praised the efforts exerted in this respect , affirming support of the British government for those efforts aimed at avoiding Yemen dangers and slipping into chaos , taking into consideration that security, stability and unity of Yemen as concern the region and the world. He wished on all the parties for the necessity of understanding and sitting at the dialogue table for finding peaceful solutions to the current crisis.

The Vice President has also received on Sunday the Head of Middle East Department in the French TOTAL Group. The meeting discussed new developments and measures aiming to raise oil and gas production in the country.

The Vice President indicated that the economy is the basic pillar for politics, security and the social life and its development, pointing out that the Yemeni partnership with TOTAL Company is considered as strategic and of economic dimensions.

Hadi has stressed the necessity of processing the accompanying gas in Block 10 into liquefied gas for uses in electric power to replace this big consumption of diesel and that is due to the economic vale of this project.

The Vice President has also urged the necessity of looking for new outlets for marketing for better prices, stressing the importance of full cooperation between the Ministry of Oil and Minerals and the company.