Yemen, WB discuss alleviating poverty, unemployment rates

SANA'A, Dec. 06 (Saba) - Yemen and World Bank (WB) discussed here on Sunday means to alleviate poverty and reducing the unemployment rates in the country.

Minister of Labour and Social Affaires Amat al-Razaq Hummad held talks with the WB delegation headed by senior advisor Nader Mohammed over the ministry's plans and programs to provide job opportunities for youth and equalize such opportunities for women.

Hummad and Mohammed reviewed the ministry's programs to tackle the childhood problems.

Moreover, the ministry's role in preparing the upcoming five-year development plan was reviewed.

The meeting also discussed mechanisms to carry out the activities and programs under the 2025 strategic vision, concerning the social affairs and labour sectors.

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Yemen, Iraq discuss vocational cooperation

SANA'A, Dec. 06 (Saba)- Minister of Technical Education and vocational training Ibrahim Hajari held talks on Sunday with culture attaché at Iraqi embassy in Sana'a Hifa Ibrahim over mutual cooperation between the two countries in fields of technical education.

They discussed means of benefiting from the Iraqi experience based on agreement signed between the two countries last April of 2008 in field of technical education and vocational training.

The Iraqi diplomat reviewed system and curriculums of the technical and vocational corporations in Iraq.

Hajari also pointed out to the system of the technical education in Yemen, affirming importance of carrying out articles of the cooperation agreement between Yemen and Iraq in this regard.

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Yemen, EU discuss parliament capacities support

SANA'A, Dec.06 (Saba) - The parliament's Assistant Secretary-General Ahmed al-Khawi discussed here on Sunday with the European Union Representative Aaron Imperial the parliament capacities support in light of the EU-presented project.

The project aims to enhance the issues of operating and strategic planning of the parliament's technical and administrative system and sources of knowledge in order to develop the information network as well as coordinating efforts with the civil society organizations so as to promote the members' performance and enable them to perform their parliamentary missions.

Al-Khwai expressed his appreciation for the level of the current relations between the parliament and EU in supporting capacities of the parliamentary system to develop the technical and administrative staff so as to contribute to completing the parliamentary functions.

He affirmed the importance of developing these relations to serve the mutual interests and the partnership in promoting the democratic experience in Yemen including the parliamentary work.

For his part, the EU official expressed his admiration for the growing development of the democratic and parliamentary experience in Yemen, confirming the EU's readiness to present more support to this experience to achieve its goals.

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Yemen, Russia to revive economic, technical cooperation

SANA'A, Dec. 05 (Saba) - The arrangements for holding a Yemeni-Russian talk session to revitalize the mutual economic and technical cooperation are underway, deputy Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Hisham Sharaf said on Saturday.

The state-run 26 September quoted Sharaf as saying that the Yemen has received a request from Russia to revive the Yemeni-Russian Joint Cooperation Committee presided by Foreign Ministers.

The Ministry of Planning has convened several meetings with other ministries and official corporations to prepare the issues that will be included in the agenda of the committee's meetings expected to held early next in 2010, Sharaf said.

He said that there is a real desire in the Russian side to enhance cooperation with the country in economic and investment areas.

Reviving the committee will assist in strengthen historical ties between Yemen and Russia, Sharaf said, highlighting the assistance Russia has presented to Yemen in development, scientific and military areas.

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Yemen, France talk on cooperation in coastguard field

ADEN, Dec.05 (Saba) – Aden Governor Adnan al-Jeffri met on Saturday with French ambassador to Yemen Joseph Silva and the commander of the French frigate that arrived in Aden seaport in a several-day visit to the port.

The two sides reviewed the current cooperation relations between Yemen and France and horizons of boosting them, particularly in fields of coastguard and combating piracy and terrorism.

Al-Jeffri praised the developed relations between the two friendly countries, stressing the importance to create twining relations between city of Aden and one of the French cities so as to cope with the relations development between Yemen and France.

For his part, the French ambassador affirmed his country's desire to develop cooperation relations with Yemen in all fields, especially academic field including enhancing cooperation between Aden University and French universities.

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