Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Dr. Wa'id Badhib called on the World Bank (WB) Group to further increase its support for Yemen to help the government to handle the grassroots of food insecurity, energy and promote investment in the infrastructure.

Prime Minister Dr. Ma'een Abdulmalik has reiterated the government's keenness to establish international and regional collaboration about demining programs and actions, underscoring the need for an international action to condemn Houthi militias' excessive use of landmines and violating the international law in this regard.

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Dr. Ahmed BinMubarak held discussions today, Tuesday, here with the Special Envoy of the UN Secretary General to Yemen Hans Grundberg on the latest developments in our country.

His Excellency President Dr. Rashad Muhammad Al-Alimi, Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council, returned today, Tuesday, to the temporary capital Aden, after a foreign tour that included the United Arab Emirates, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Federal Republic of Germany.

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Dr. Ahmed BinMubarak conferred today, Monday, here with the Ambassador of the Netherlands to Yemen Peter-Derrk-Hoof over the political developments in Yemen and the ongoing efforts aiming to extend the UN-brokered humanitarian truce.

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, affirmed the Kingdom's keenness and support for the Presidential Leadership Council in order to achieve security and stability for Yemen and its people.

The ministers of Planning and International Cooperation, Dr. Waed Badeeb, and Finance Salem Ben Brik, discussed in Washington, DC, with the Regional Vice President of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) Hala Sheikh, strengthening public-private partnerships and exploring investment opportunities in transportation, information and communication technology, and energy.

In its meeting today, in the temporary capital, Aden, headed by Prime Minister Dr. Maeen Abdul-Malik, the Council of Ministers reviewed a number of reports on its agenda related to issues and situations at the political, military, security, service and economic levels, and took the appropriate decisions regarding them.

Yemen participated in the Conference on Strengthening International Cooperation to Combat Drug Smuggling and Human Trafficking, held in the Spanish capital, Madrid, and organized over a period of three days by the Spanish Police Academy in cooperation with Naif Arab University for Security Sciences, with a delegation headed by the First Undersecretary of the Ministry of Interior, Major General Muhammad bin Aboud Al-Sharif.

Three passengers are reported to have died today, Sunday, and 44 others sustained injuries when a communal transport bus collided in al-Qabitah road south of Taiz city.

A meeting was held in the US capital, Washington, today, involving the Ministers of Planning and International Cooperation, Dr. Waed Badeeb, and Finance Salem Bin Brik, and the participation of the Minister of Electricity and Energy, Eng. Mana Bin Yamin, via video communication technology, and the country director of the Yemen office at the World Bank.

Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Dr. Wa'id Badhib held talks today, Saturday, here with the Regional Director of the World Bank (WB) for Egypt, Yemen and Djibouti Marina Wyse.

Yemen has expressed heartfelt condolences to the Republic of Turkey and to families of the victims of the coalmine's explosion in Partin City, North of Turkey, which resulted in killing and injuring dozens.

The Chargé d'Affairs of the Yemeni Embassy in Nairobi, Abd al-Salam al-Awadi, handed the deputy director of the Protocol Department at the Kenyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs an official Yemeni statement regarding the Houthi militia's refusal to extend the truce.

Minister of Interior General Lieutenant Ibrahim Hidan and his Sudanese counterpart General Enan Hamed signed Friday here Memo of Understanding in field of security training and exchange experiences.

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Dr. Ahmed BinMubarak described relations between Yemen and the Peoples' Republic of China as deeply established and robust.

Prime Minister Dr. Ma'een Abdulmalik has put emphasize on the pivotal role of the Yemeni diplomacy in defending the Yemeni fair cause, providing clear picture about what is going on in Yemen and mobilizing international support to the government's efforts aiming to end the war, establish peace, eliminate Houthi militias' coup.

His Excellency President Dr. Rashad al-Alimi, Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council, along with the Council's member Othman Mujalli received today, Thursday, the United States' envoy to Yemen Timothy Lenderking and American Ambassador Steven Fagin within the course of the ongoing consultations aiming to rejuvenate the deadlock peace process in our country.

The official spokesman for the Arab coalition, Brigadier General Turki Al-Maliki, said, "The exchange of visits by two delegations from the coalition and the Houthis to visit the prisoners on both sides as a goodwill initiative, and as part of confidence-building efforts to extend the truce in Yemen.

Charged' Affairs of the Republic of Yemen's embassy in Budapest, Hungary, Ambassador Ahmed Naji met today, Wednesday, with the Head of Middle East and North Africa Department at the Hungarian Foreign Ministry Dr. Peter Kufic.