[04/10/2018 01:43]

ADEN-SABA
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Interior Ahmed Almaysari presided over a meeting of the Economic Committee.

The meeting held Thursday in the de facto capital Aden to discuss the implications of the economic hardships the country has been struggling with.

Almaysari stated that the political leadership alongside with Arab Coalition headed by Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are very interested in managing the economic challenges. To this end, they are doing their utmost efforts to maintain the value of national currency.

The Deputy Premier appreciated the Saudi supportive stances in supporting Yemen, depositing $200 million in the Central Bank of Yemen.

Adviser of the President of the Republic Sadiq Me'ayad, Chairman of the Economic Committee cited steps have been taken by the Committee with the aim of tackling the reasons that gave rise to the slide of national currency.

For his part, Governor of the Yemeni Central Bank cited several practical measures have already been adopted to stop the depreciation of the Yemeni Rial (YR).

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