[15/10/2025 12:43]

WASHINGTON - SABA

A meeting held here, included the Governor of the Central Bank of Yemen Ahmed al-Maabqi, Deputy Minister of Finance, Hani Wahhab and the head of the International Monetary Fund mission to Yemen Ishtar Perez Ruiz, discussed supporting government efforts aimed at achieving economic recovery in Yemen.

The meeting, which comes within the framework of the annual meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund, reviewed the positive results and developments of the Article IV consultations that were held between the governmental sides and the International Monetary Fund, recently, in the Jordanian capital, Amman.

The meeting, which included Yemen's Deputy Ambassador to Washington Imad Bamatraf, Assistant Undersecretary of the Ministry of Finance for Foreign Relations Abdul Qader Amin, and a number of agents of the Central Bank of Yemen, also touched on the latest developments in the economic, financial and monetary conditions in Yemen, in light of the positive results achieved by the steps and efforts of the joint economic reforms of the government and the Central Bank of Yemen by curbing the deterioration of the national economy and the local currency and achieving economic stability.

This has a significantly positive impact on the lives and livelihoods of citizens.

The meeting stressed the importance of continuing to coordinate joint efforts between the Yemeni government and the International Monetary Fund mission to move forward in strengthening the strong relationship between the two parties, especially at the current stage that witnessed the resumption of Article IV consultations, after a hiatus that lasted about a decade.

The International Monetary Fund mission expressed its great satisfaction with the tireless efforts and endeavors made by the government headed by Salem Saleh bin Braik to implement financial and monetary reforms to achieve stability and improve the national economy.

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