Aden Refinery Company posed a tender to purchase 20,000 metric tons of diesel and 20,000 metric tons of benzene. A government source in Aden said that the company wants to buy diesel with 1% of sulfur and 20,000 metric tons of gasoline, on condition that Iranian petroleum products are not allowed.
The company also required to receive the offers in local currency from the local companies authorized in the Aden refinery company, and the delivery of quantities to refineries stores including customs duties and all other fees. The copany invited those interested to visit the company's headquarters in Brega directorate in Aden, noting that the launching of offers will be at the central administration building on 15 March.
The government demanded the envoy of the Secretary General of the United Nations, Ismail Ould Sheikh Ahmed to intervene and put pressure on Houthis and former president Ali Abdellah Saleh’s forces to send the state resources in areas under their control to the Central Bank in Aden and its branches in the provinces, to fulfill its obligations towards the civilians and state institutions.
The government said that the militias still controls much state revenue which are used to finance the so-called military effort against the Yemeni people at the expense of citizens, while the government confirmed its commitment to pay the state civil employees' salaries, based on its national and moral duty.