President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi presided over an extraordinary meeting of the Council of Ministers on Wednesday in the interim capital Aden. The meeting, which held with the presence of Prime Minister Dr Ahmed Obeid Bin-Dagher, devoted to discuss the situations and developments in the country.

Yemen is participating in the 38th session of the Human Rights Council which is taking place in Geneva (June 18 to July 6), represented by a delegation led by the country's Minister of Human Rights Mohamed Askar.

President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi is following up on the latest developments in the army's streak of gains in the western coastline province of Hodeidah as part of a military operation to retake it from the hold of Iran-aligned Houthi rebels.

President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi swore in Ali Moqbel Saleh and Ahmed Abdullah al-Turki as two governors for the provinces of Dhale'a and Lahj respectively on Tuesday.

Governor of Al-Mahara province Rajeh Bakreit reported to Vice President (Lt Gen) Ali Mohssen Saleh about situations in Al-Mahara province and efforts have been made by local authority to improve basic services and establish security and stability.

President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi has instructed the government to approve one billion Yemeni Rial (YR) for Lahj province, 700 million out of which to re-build the Executive Office premises and governor's house. 300 millions shall be devoted to basic services projects. An additional 50 million RY payment also approved as operational budget and to cover deficit of salaries payments in the province.