The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Dr. Afrah al-Zouba and the Djiboutian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Abdel Qader Omer discussed today, Thursday, on phone aspects of bilateral relations and cooperation.

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriate Dr. Afrah al-Zouba discussed Thursday via a telephone call with Mauritania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Cooperation and Mauritanians Abroad, Dr. Mohamed Salem Ould Merzouk, bilateral relations between the two brotherly countries and ways to strengthen and develop them.

Transport Minister Mohsen Haidara al-Omari stressed the importance of establishing a National Maritime Security Committee to coordinate Yemen’s response to growing maritime threats in the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden and Bab al-Mandab Strait.

Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates for Political Affairs Dr. Mansour Baggash received today, Thursday, a copy of the credentials of Dr. Yakoub An Gambo as Non-Resident Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the Republic of Yemen.

The Prime Minister Dr. Shaya Zindani launched today, Thursday the re-issuance of the official gazette of the Republic in the temporary capital Aden, more than 11 years after it had stopped following the terrorist Houthi militias coup against the official authority and the war they triggered at the end of 2014.

The Member of the Presidential Leadership Council (PLC), Governor of Hadhramaut governorate Salem al-Khanbashi was briefed on the projects and programs of the international organization "Action for Humanity" in Hadramout.

Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Dr. Mansour Bagash received today a copy of the credentials of Warunee Ban Krajang, Thailand’s non-resident Ambassador to Yemen.

An 11-year-old girl was wounded on Wednesday by a Houthi sniper in Wadi Sala, east of Taiz city.

The Yemeni Embassy in Sudan held a media briefing in Port Sudan on Wednesday for a number of Sudanese journalists, media professionals, and directors of television channels, radio stations and news websites on developments in Yemen and the escalation and violations committed by the Iran-backed Houthi terrorist militia.

Presidential Leadership Council Member Abdulrahman al-Muharrami affirmed that restoring the state and its institutions and ending the Houthi coup are fundamental to achieving peace and stability in Yemen.

The Minister of Public Health and Population Dr. Qasem Buhaybeh met today, in the temporary capital Aden, with the Director of the INTERSOS Office in Yemen Dr. Ricciua.

The Minister of Civil Service and Insurance Salem al-Awlaki held talks today, Tuesday, in the temporary capital Aden, with the special economic advisor to the UN Envoy to Yemen, Riddel Omtezget, and his accompanying delegation over the economic and services situations.

State Minister for Women’s Affairs Dr. Ahd Jaassous discussed Wednesday with the United Kingdom’s Ambassador to Yemen Abda Sharif, the latest developments and ways to strengthen joint cooperation in support of efforts to empower Yemeni women.

Minister of Water and Environment Engineer Tawfiq al-Sharjabi discussed Wednesday with Mr. Hazem Fahmy, the Regional Director of CARE International for the Middle East and North Africa, ways to strengthen cooperation, partnership and coordination of efforts in the water and environment sectors.

The Chargé d’Affaires of Yemen's Embassy in Damascus Mohammed Baaker held talks with Dima Al-Mousa, the Director of the Department of Agreements and Treaties at the Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates on a number of draft bilateral agreements and memoranda of understanding (MoUs) scheduled to be signed in the coming period.

President Dr. Rashad Mohammed al-Alimi, the Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council received Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi on Tuesday.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates has strongly condemned the airstrikes carried out by the Israeli occupation forces against Abu al-Duhur Military Airbase in Idlib Governorate, in the sisterly Syrian Arab Republic.

Yemen’s Ambassador to Lebanon Abdullah al-Duais met today with Lebanese Ambassador Ibrahim Assaf, Director of Political and Consular Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants, to discuss bilateral relations and the latest developments in Yemen and the region.

Deputy Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Dr. Nizar Basuhaib discussed today in the temporary capital, Aden, with WFP Yemen Country Director Al-Khidir Daloum areas of cooperation, along with the projects and programs implemented by the World Food Programme in Yemen and ways to increase funding for humanitarian and development interventions.

Yemen took part today in the opening of the 17th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP17), held in Mongolia’s capital, Ulaanbaatar, under the theme “Restore Land, Restore Hope.”