The activities of the workshop on cooperation mechanisms between the National Committee to Investigate Alleged Violations to Human Rights (NCTIAVTHR) and civil society concluded in the city of Mukalla, Hadhramaut Governorate.

Member of the Presidential Leadership Council Tarik Saleh received a briefing from Rashad al-Akhali, the Deputy Governor of Taiz for Coastal Districts, and the directors of al-Waziy'ah and al-Shamayatain districts, Abdulaziz al-Shaybani and Ahmed al-Dhurafi, regarding the conditions in the two districts and the efforts being made to improve basic services.

His Excellency President Dr. Rashad al-Alimi, Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council PLC) sent today, Thursday, a cable of condolences to His Majesty King Felipe VI of Spain on the casualties of the flash floods that hit some Spanish regions, namely Valencia, caused the death of dozens and heavy material loses.

The Council of Minister devoted its session today, Thursday, in the temporary capital of Aden, presided over by Prime Minister Dr. Ahmed bin Mubarak to explore practical measures to achieve the necessary balance of the national currency exchange, stop the unjustified deterioration of its value and deter the speculation currency operations, which are considered a form of the ongoing economic war.

His Excellency President Dr. Rashad al-Alimi, Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) received today, Thursday, the Ambassador of the United States to the Republic of Yemen Steven Fagin.

Yemen's Acting Permanent Representative to the Arab League Dr. Ali Musa presided over an emergency meeting convened by the Arab League at the level of permanent delegates today.

Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Dr. Mansour Baggash renewed Yemen's support for the Palestinian people in their right to self-determination and establishing an independent Palestinian state.

Yemen took part in the eighth meeting of the GCC Ministerial Committee for Standardization held in the Qatari capital today. Yemen's delegation is led by the country's Minister of Industry and Trade, member of the Ministerial Committee for Standardization Mohammed al-Ashwal.

Minister of Interior Maj. Gen. Ibrahim Haidan closely examined the Qatari experience in the field of administering passports, travel documents and affiliated services.

Member of the Presidential Leadership Council, Governor of Marib Maj. Gen. Sultan al-Arada has laid special emphasis on the importance of banding official and local community efforts together to protect antiquities and cultural heritage in Yemen.

Member of the Presidential Leadership Council Sheikh Othman Mujali, met Wednesday with the Deputy Assistant Foreign Minister and Deputy Director-General for the Middle East and Africa at the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hirofumi Miyaki, the Chargé d'Affaires of the Japanese Embassy in Yemen, Kazuhiro Higashi, and the official in charge of the Yemen file at the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kenoshita Tohru.

Yemen's Ambassador to Austria, the Permanent Representative to the International Organizations in Vienna, Haytham shoja'aadin discussed with the President of the OPEC Fund for International Development Dr. Abdulhamid Al-Khalifa enhancing cooperation between Yemen and the Fund.

The Governor of Hadhramaut Mabkhout bin Madhi met Wednesday with the Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) office in Yemen John Paul Omorongi, and the Coordinator of the UNFPA Office for Reproductive Health, Dr. Ahlam bin Breik.

Defense Minister Lit. Gen. Mohsen al-Daeri met with the Deputy Special Envoy of the Secretary-General of the United Nations Sarhad Fattah and his accompanying delegation here today.

Represented by a delegation that is led by its Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Dr. Mansour Baggash, Yemen took part in a high-level meeting convened by the Global Alliance for the Implementation of the Two-State Solution, in Riyadh today.

First Deputy Governor of Taiz Dr. Abdulqawi al-Mikhlafi convened a meeting with the Director of OCHA Marcus Werne and donor representatives in Sweden and Switzerland over the needs and required donor interventions in the local health, water, sanitation and social affairs sectors. Representatives of those sectors were present in the meeting.

The Minister of Water and Environment, Engineer Tawfiq al-Sharjabi, today met in the temporary capital, Aden, with the Country Director of CARE International in Yemen, Abdullah Iman, to discuss aspects of mutual cooperation between the ministry and the organization in water and sanitation projects in general.

Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council Dr. Rashad al-Alimi received Wednesday Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Yemen Abda Sharif.

The Republic of Yemen voiced its strong condemnation of the adoption by the Israeli entity of laws prohibiting the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for the Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) from carrying out its humanitarian activities and work.

Prime Minister Dr. Ahmed bin Mubarak asserted that as long as the UN and the international community have continued to tolerantly dealing with the terrorist Houthi militias, turn blind eye over the their gross violations and crimes, including campaigns of oppression, abduction and persecution of the staff of the UN's agencies, peace will remain unreachable.