Yemen bank: UAE stopping employee salaries reaching Aden

The Central Bank of Yemen yesterday accused members of the so-called Arab coalition of obstructing its business by preventing a plane carrying staff salaries from landing in Aden International Airport 13 times.

In reference to UAE forces which govern security measures at the airport, the central bank said that there had been “severe difficulties … as a result of the coalition cell obstructing the landing of these funds at Aden International Airport for unknown reasons since April 2017. In addition, 13 trips permits were cancelled.”

The bank’s management expressed its surprise at the obstacles that prevented the Central Bank of Yemen from legally performing its role and carrying out its duties in providing the necessary and appropriate liquidity for the country’s economy, especially in paying the salaries of the government employees, according to the law.

The aim of these obstacles is to harm the reputation of the Central Bank and its administration and to show that the leadership is failing and dysfunctional.

“They want to deprive large sectors of the administrative staff of the state from receiving their salaries and cause the Yemeni economy serious bottlenecks in providing the necessary liquidity, which will negatively affect the banking system and the Yemeni economy in general.”

It called on all parties to respect the bank’s independence and sovereignty as well as that of the country.

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