PM discusses relations, cooperation with WFP Regional Director

SANAA, May 15 (YPA) – Prime Minister on Monday, Abdul Aziz Saleh bin Habtoor, met in capital Sanaa with the Regional Director of the World Food Program for the Middle East and North Africa, Muhannad Hadi, who is currently visiting Yemen.

During the meeting, which was attended by Foreign Minister Hisham Sharaf and WFP Resident Representative in Yemen Stephen Anderson, they discussed the relations of cooperation and partnership between the country and WFP in this extraordinary period that the Yemeni people are going through as a result of the brutal Saudi-led coalition and the continuous blockade for more than three years.

They also discussed the aspects of the existing governmental facilities and the importance of dealing with any problems that the program may face during performing  its humanitarian tasks to serve the Yemeni people and contributing to alleviating its suffering.

Habtoor stressed on the keenness of the salvation Government to strengthen the partnership relations with the WFP to enhance its humanitarian interventions and continue its leading role in helping of the Yemeni people, especially school students.

For his part, the WFP Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa emphasized the partnership between WFP and Yemen, explaining the impact of the program’s activities to millions of Yemeni people in their current plight.

Sameera Hassn