UNITED NATIONS – United Nations Secretary General strongly responds overdrone attacks against Saudi Arabia.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has strongly condemned the recentdrone attack on oil facilities in eastern Saudi Arabia, his spokesmanStephane Dujarric said in a statement on Sunday.
The drone attack caused massive fires at two Saudi Aramco’s oil facilitiesovernight into Saturday. The fires, in particular, hit the Abqaiq oilrefinery in Eastern Province, and an oil-processing facility near Khuraisoil field, located about 100 miles east of Riyadh.
The Yemeni Houthi rebel movement claimed responsibility for the attacks,while US State Secretary Mike Pompeo accused Iran of being behind them.
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Tehran has refuted the US allegations.
“The Secretary-General condemns Saturday’s attacks on Aramco oil facilitiesin the Eastern Province in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia claimed by theHouthis,” the statement says.
