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PM: Chairs meeting of security and military committee
[29/11/2017 07:56]
ADEN-SABA
Prime Minster Dr Ahmed Obeid Bin-Dagher presided over an extraordinary meeting Wednesday included the security and military committee members in the interim capital Aden.
The meeting aimed to deal with the implications of the terrorist attack against the Finance Ministry's premises.
The prime minster denounced the terrorist action. He said:" It intended to weaken the legal government's authorities. It was a desperate attempt to undermine the successes the legal government has made".
" The government is determined to go on fighting terrorism steadily and it will hunt down operative terrorists wherever they are", he added.
Bin-Dagher urged security and intelligence services to do their job and take every necessary measure to maintain stability and security of the interim capital Aden.
Security officials detailed the prime minister on the terrorist assault targeted the building of Finance Ministry early today.
Deputy Minister of Finace Dr Mansour Albitani assured that Finance Ministry's actions won't be neutralized by the bombing struck its office in Aden. "All data and documents pertaining to the Ministry' s mission haven't been damaged, besides that the Ministry maintains an extra copy of the necessary documents so that it can continue to work normally", said Albitani.