Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Najeeb al-Awej has confirmed significance of coordination between the ministry and Yemen's Reconstruction and Development Program on implementing development projects in the country.

Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Dr Najeeb Al-Aweg and Minister of Electricity Eng. Mohammed Al-Anani met Thursday with the management of Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) Deputy Chairman of the (SFD) Dr Khaled Al-Khodhairi and Eng. Yousef Al-Bassam.

Yemen's Ambassador to Russia Salem al-Wahishi discussed with the Special Envoy of Russian President to the Middle East and North African Countries Michael Bogdanove on Thursday efforts associated with efforts of the United Nations for realizing peace in Yemen.

Deputy Prime Minister Salim Al-Khanbashi received Thursday President of Turkish Red Crescent Society (IFRC)Dr Kerem KINIK and his accompanying delegation.

Prime Minister Mo'eenAbdulmalik discussed with Saudi Ambassador to Yemen a number of issues in Yemen, especially results of Swede consultations, which proved to the International Community government's keenness on realizing just and inclusive peace on the bases of the three references.

Prime Minister Ma'een Abdullmalik met Thursday with Governor of Dhamar province Maj. General Ali Al-Qousi .

Prime Minister Dr Ma'een Abdulmalik stated that government is interested in all provinces and works on empowering local authorities to carry out practical plans aiming to improve the performance of different sectors.

Secretary General of Local Council of Al-Maharah Province Salim Neem inaugurated Thursday the Center of Al-Mahariah Language and Research in the city of Al-Ghaidha.

The Director-General of the Public Health and Population Office in Aden, Dr. Jamal Khadabekhsh, and the Health Director at Yemen's International Rescue Committee Samiha Batahir have discussed the ongoing arrangements to inaugurate an obstetrics emergency center at the district of Bureika in the temporary capital Aden.

The local authorities in Socotra received today 8 school buses and 4 water tanks from the Saudi Program for Development and Reconstruction to as a grant to the archipelago.

Minister of Water and Environment, Ezzi Shoreim, has followed up on the facilities of the sanitation plants of Sayoon city in Hadhramout.

Deputy Foreign Minister Mohammed Al-Hudrami praised historic Yemeni-Turkish relations and increasingly growing bilateral ties between the two countries in different fields.

Vice President (Lt Gen) Ali Mohssen Saleh urged Minister of Electricity to double underway efforts to secure electricity supplies in the government-held provinces and regions.

Charged' Affairs of Yemen embassy in Hungary Hammad Dahhan met Thursday with Head of Middle East and North Africa Department in Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Andrash Kuvash.

Three civilians are reported to have been killed and three more wounded in a landmine explosion in Maweyah district, southeast of Taiz province.

Yemen's Ambassador to Austria Haytham Shujaa al-Deen met the new director of OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) Abdulhameed al-Khaleefa to discuss the OFID's future programs in Yemen.

The Kuwaiti Red Crescent Society announced on Wednesday allocating an additional $500,000 in relief aid to Yemen.

The Head of the Central Organization for Credit and Control Abu Bakr al-Saqqaf discussed with Deputy Minister of Civil Service and Insurances Abdullah al-Maisari measures of paying the 30 percent salary increase to the government's employees approved by the cabinet over prices increase.

Deputy Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Dr. Nizarba-Suhaib discussed with the Head of Dutch Doctors without Border organization or (MSF) in Yemen Tun Berge on Wednesday a number of projects, mainly the project of supporting Taiz hospitals, al-Jomhori, Thawra and Yemeni-Swede Hospital worth€ 10 million.

Deputy Interior Minister Ali NasherLakhshaa stressed the importance of assessing the performance of the ministry's departments in the government-held provinces.