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Expanded meeting discusses security situation in Socotra archipelago

[24/01/2023 02:46]

Socotra – Saba

The Governor of the Socotra Archipelago, Engineer Raafat Al-Thaqali, chaired a security meeting that included a committee from the Ministry of Interior headed by the Undersecretary of the Civil Services Sector, Major General Abdul Majid Al-Amiri, and the Director General of Officer Affairs, Brigadier General Hussein Abd Rabbo, and a number of security leaders, to discuss the most prominent security developments in the archipelago, and the difficulties facing the security services and develop appropriate solutions to the difficult issues facing security work in the archipelago.

In the meeting, which was attended by the two deputy governors, Engineer Raed Al-Juraibi and Brigadier General Saleh Saad, the governor spoke about the security situation and the achievements made by the security services during the past year 2022 AD by thwarting a number of criminal operations whose aim was to destabilize security and stability and disturb public peace.