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Yemen-Saudi
Coordinating Council's sessions kick off |
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Article Date: November 12, 2007 |
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Yemen-Saudi Coordinating Council's sessions are due to start on Tomorrow and the meetings will be chaired by Yemeni Prime Minister Ali Mujawar and Saudi Deputy Prime Minister and Defense and Aviation Minister Emir Sultan bin Abdulaziz.
Both countries will sign 17 bilateral protocols including six financing agreements inset within the Saudi grant pledged in London Donors Conference, together with other nine agreements relating to different aspects of cooperation.
Yemeni Ambassador to Riyadh Mohammed Ali Muhsen noted the two countries will sign an additional agreement relating air transport.
The six agreements include financing University Hospital and Cancer Center in Hadramout at about $ 32 million, building a central hospital in Al-Hodeidah at $ 30 million, establishing a Medicine Faculty at Taiz University at $ 24 million.
The Saudi side will also finance the second stage of generating electricity by gas at $ 100 million and establish a cardiology center in Aden at $ 50 million.
These sessions, considered the 18th round, were due to be held after Ramadan; however, the sessions were postponed over disputes between both sides, especially after the events that took place in southern provinces together with Yemen's insistence that Saudi Arabia must extradite politician Abdullah Al-Asnag who resides there.
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