Vice Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman discussed separately with the permanent delegates of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the Sultanate of Oman and the Kingdom of Bahrain to the United Nations in Geneva ways to enhance bilateral cooperation and coordination on humanitarian issues, human rights and refugees.
Excellent wine practices and global trends in wine tourism will be among the topics on the second day of the 9th UN Tourism Global Conference on Wine Tourism in Plovdiv.
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Arab Coalition permits ICRC air evacuation of employees from Sana'a
[22/11/2017 06:58]
RIYADH-SABA
The Arab Coalition has granted the International Committee of the Red Cross a permit to operate a flight to Sana'a International Airport to evacuate five of its employees from the rebels-controlled capital "for humanitarian health-related considerations."
In a statement to the Saudi Press Agency on Wednesday, the command of the Coalition said the ICRC had requested a permit to evacuate five of its workers; "A Brazilian (female), an Indian, a Canadian, an Afghani and a Syrian."
Following the Houthi rebel militia's firing of a ballistic missile toward the Saudi capital Riyadh earlier this month, the Arab Coalition imposed a brief and precautionary some of Yemen's air and sea ports briefly and precautionarily purposes. Today Wednesday the Coalition announced it will re-open Sana'a airport and Hodeidah seaport as of Thursday after reviewing some security measures to prevent arms smuggling to Yemen.