The Minister of Youths and Sports Nayef al-Bakri conferred today, Thursday, with the British Ambassador to the Republic of Yemen Abda Sharif over bilateral relations and cooperation.
Gold prices continued to trade near an all-time high during trading, on Thursday, amid the continued escalation of global trade tensions, and ahead of the European Central Bank's decision on interest rates.
Yemen participates in International Solar Alliance summit
[12/03/2018 01:58]
NEW DELHI-SABA
Yemen, represented by a delegation that Minister of Electricity Abdullah al-Akwaa heads, has participated in the first summit of the International Solar Alliance held in the Indian capital New Delhi on Monday. The aim of ISA is to promote solar energy and reduce dependence on fossil fuels in sunshine-rich countries.
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the summit which brought together 21 heads of 64 states that had already signed the Accession Agreement to the treaty of the alliance.
Delivering Yemen's speech, al-Akwaa said the Yemeni government has, since 2016, been keen on joining the ISA saying Yemen is benefitting from the financing mechanisms of the World Bank-backed alliance.