Official talks between Yemeni Government, WB convened

President: Houthi militias, its allies use 'Gaza Issue' to serve Iranian interests, agendas

His Excellency (H.E) President Dr. Rashad al-Alimi, Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) insisted that Houthi militias and its allies capitalize on " Gaza Issue" to serve the Iranian interests and agendas at the expense of Arab peoples' interests, affirming that Yemenis' struggle against this spoiler scheme in the region will never stop.

BRUSSELS: European Parliament Urges Lifting Schengen Land Border Controls for Bulgaria, Romania

The European Parliament (EP) on Wednesday called for lifting Schengen land border controls for Bulgaria and Romania by the end of 2024. Air and sea border controls were scrapped on March 31, 2024.

Chinese car sales surges 26.4 percent in the first quarter of 2024

Sales of passenger cars of Chinese brands increased by 26.4 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2024 as some 3.39 million vehicles were sold during the mentioned period.

Spain reaches the final of the European Nations League and sets a date with Croatia

The Spanish national team reached the final match of the European Nations League, after defeating Italy with two goals to one in the semi-finals of the tournament, to set a date in the final match with the Croatian national team, which succeeded in reaching the same role by defeating the Netherlands.

Last Update: ، 2024/04/19 Time 01:00:54
Latest News:

Foreign Minister praises EU's supportive stances in support of Yemen

KSrelief, WFP sign cooperation pact to support malnutrition tackling program in Yemen

Al-Alimi phone calls Hadhramout governor to pursue measures regarding air depression

President al-Alimi directs doubling precautionary measures to follow up low-pressure impacts in eastern ..

Chairman of SJC hails establishing and equipping National Center for Forensic Medicine in Aden

Official talks between Yemeni Government, WB convened

[29/10/2019 02:54]

RIYADH-SABA
The Yemeni Government held official talks with the World Bank (WB) on Tuesday here in Riyadh. The discussions co-chaired by Prime Minister Dr Ma'een Abdulmalik and President of the WB group David Malpass .

The session aimed to discuss aspects of cooperation between the Government and WB in several spheres including future plans of reconstruction and major projects help mitigating the humanitarian crisis caused by Houthi militia's coup and war.

Dr Ma'een stated that WB has long been active partner in the development and reforms process in Yemen. He highlighted the WB's constant support in our country since the onset of the ongoing conflict.

He touched upon the reforms the government has carried out recently in the public finance, banking system and oil fuels market, despite the extremely complicated and tough circumstances the country has been enduring.

" There have been reasonable achievements helped to prevent overall collapse of the economy, stop national currency slide, maintain acceptable exchange rate of the Yemeni Rial (YR), and some 65% of the civil service employees have been paid ", said Ma'een.

The Prime Minister underscored the need for greater support by the WB to finance major projects in education, fishery, and transport.

For his part Malpass voiced his support for the reforms the Yemen Government has been working on.