Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Dr Najeeb al-Aweg held talks on Thursday here with Director General of Abu Dhabi Fund for Development Mohammed Assoweidi.

Head of EU Mission to Yemen Antonia Calvo-Puerta said the EU is considering currently the possibility of supporting food security in Yemen and boosting local authorities' capacities to provide basic services, economic recovery and private sector development .

The Head of EU Mission to Yemen Antonia Calvo-Puerta stated that the EU has allocated 600 million euro in direct aid to support the Yemeni government in the upcoming years.

Representatives of five Turkish organizations operate in humanitarian and relief actions arrived in Marib on Wednesday on a visit to the governorate aimed to find out first-hands information about humanitarian situations and the needs of IDPs and refugees.

Indian Minister of Oil and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan stated that India would like to import oil and gas from Yemen, affirming that his Ministry is willing to urge Indian oil firms to communicate directly with Yemen to initiate coordination and work on this issue.

Deputy Prime Minister Dr Salim al-Khanbashi held talks on Wednesday in the temporary capital Aden with head of the EU Mission to Yemen Antonia Calvo-Puerta and her accompanying delegation.

The Houthi breaches of the ceasefire that began in Hodeidah port city on December 18 have claimed 76 lives so far, military observers said.

Arab Parliament has stated that it has been following with extremely concern the developments of the situations in Yemen, particularly after two months had passed since reaching Stockholm's Agreement however Houthi rebel militia has declined to put it in place. As a result humanitarian crisis is increasingly exacerbating according to the UN reports, the latest of all the World Food Program and the report of the UN Security Council panel of sanctions.

A grant of 6400 tons of diesel from Saudi Arabia has arrived in Mukalla seaport in Yemen's east to boost power supply in several Yemeni provinces.

Minister of Defense Lt. Gen. Mohammed al-Maqdashi and the Russian ambassador to Yemen Vladimir Didushkin discussed military cooperation between Yemen and Russia in a meeting here today.

President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi has hailed the depth of ties between Yemen and the United Arab Emirates saying they are based on the principles of brotherhood and shared destiny.

The Saudi demining project "MASAM" has announced that it had extracted 578 Houthi-laid landmines in different parts of Yemen in the first week of February,

The Chairman of the Arab Monetary Fund Abdurahman al-Hameedi said the Fund will work to finalize the necessary procedures to allocate $150 million from the Arab Trade Budget for Yemen, after Yemen settles the overdue installments as per the new debt structure.

Minister of Public Health and Population Dr Nasser Baoom met Saturday in Aden with representative of Turkish Red Crescent.

Spokesperson of National Military Brigadier Abdu Mujalli stated that National Military has been committed to truce in Hodeidah governorate per instructions of President of the Republic—Commander-in-Chief—and troops are standing on high alert, ready to take the lead in the battle in case the ongoing negotiations collapse , the militia refuses to come to peace and orders issued to the armed forces to act.

The UN Undersecretary General for Humanitarian Affairs said the Houthis (Ansar Allah in his words) denied the UN access to the mills in Hodeidah know as the Red Sea Mills.

Minister of Oil and Minerals Aws al-Awd has directed the competent authorities to offer the necessary facilitations for companies with interest in investing in minerals in Hadhramout.

President of the Republic Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi awarded Tuesday the families of the victims of MASAM's deminers the Duty Decoration in recombination of their heroic and humanitarian mission.

Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik has updated President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi on the government's efforts to rehabilitate public offices, restore services and normalize life in the provinces liberated from the Houthis.

Mohammed Saleh bin Edeiw was sworn in before President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi as a governor of the eastern Yemen province of Shabwa on Tuesday.