The Yemeni government holds the Houthis responsible for obstructing the cleanup of a safe reservoir.

Yemeni Foreign Minister Ahmed bin Awad bin Mubarak blamed the Houthis for their continued obstruction of a safe oil reservoir that is in danger of collapsing off the Red Sea ports of Hodeidah. is an environmental issue and the world should not tolerate the Houthis’ intention to preserve the reservoir as an environmental, humanitarian and economic threat, and that the Houthi group is not serious about the realization of peace rights and continues to reject all international efforts and efforts to end the war, regardless on the humanitarian situation in Yemen.