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Prime Minister Ahmad Obeid bin-Daghr has launched on Thursday Swift System at the Central Bank of Yemen (CBY) here for operating the bank via the system after controlling all the system's main components.
Bin-Daghr inspected the bank's facilities and the mechanism of operation under these difficult conditions in the country.
He was briefed by the Swift's team on the way of operating the system, improving the work and exchanging financial messages between the bank and other different international banks.
The team informed the Prime Minister that all difficulties hindered operating the CBY have been overcome and the bank has become ready to carry out duties, noting that banking relations between the bank and banks in correspondence abroad will be resumed.
Bin-Dahgr praised the team, which is composed of Yemeni cadre and brothers from Sudan, for their efforts in operating the new system and training a number of young men on using the system in their work at the bank.