Prime Minister Receives Chief of IOM Mission in Yemen

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Yemen’s Prime Minister Dr. Abdul Aziz Saleh bin Habtoor met Saturday with Chief of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) mission in Yemen Laurent de Boeck.

During the meeting in the capital Sana’a, the IOM official briefed Dr. Bin Habtoor on the organization's activity in cooperation with the concerned authorities in the areas of migration and relief for the displaced.

The meeting tackled the project of fighting diseases such malaria, tuberculosis and AIDS, which is funded by the Global Fund to fight the three diseases. The current cooperation between the organization and the Ministry of Public Health and Population in this aspect was also discussed.

The prime minister confirmed the government's support for the IOM activities in Yemen.

Bin Habtoor shedlight on the disastrous consequences of the Saudi aggression war as well as the blockade on the humanitarian situation in Yemen, which requires doubling the size of the international support to mitigate them and help the salvation government address them.

For his part, de Boeck praised the cooperation between the organization and all relevant authorities with regard to the topics of illegal immigration as well as contributing to the relief efforts for the displaced people in Yemen.

He affirmed the organization's keenness on strengthening the cooperation to serve the Yemeni people and alleviate their daily suffering due to the exceptional circumstances they are going through at this stage

Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team