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All Yemeni ports open for humanitarian aid: Al-Rabiah

December 23, 2017
Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabiah
Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabiah

Saudi Gazette report

Moscow — All Yemeni ports are open for humanitarian, relief and commercial assistance, according to adviser at the Royal Court and General Supervisor of the King Salman Center for Relief and Humanitarian Aid (KSRelief) Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabiah.

Addressing a press conference in Moscow, he said the ports of Hodeidah and Salif are receiving commercial vessels, fuel, and humanitarian aid.

Al-Rabiah said KSRelief has so far carried out 257 projects through 119 local and international partners at a total cost of more than $895 million.

In Yemen 166 projects have been carried out in cooperation with local partners and UN organizations.

The projects include healthcare, environmental sanitation, and programs directed at women and children.

The press conference at the headquarters of the Russian News Agency was attended by Saudi Ambassador to Russia Dr. Raed Khalid Qarmly, Yemeni ambassador to Moscow and representatives of the media.


December 23, 2017
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