Saudi Arabia Announces $3 Billion in Urgent Support to Yemen

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Saudi Arabia Announces $3 Billion in Urgent Support to Yemen

Saudi Arabia welcomed the announcement of Yemeni President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi on launching the Presidential Council under the Yemeni constitution and the Gulf initiative and its executive mechanisms.

The Kingdom confirmed its full support for the Presidential Council and its supporting entities to enable it to exercise its duties in implementing effective policies and initiatives to achieve security and stability in Yemen and end the crisis, reported the Saudi Press Agency (SPA).

In this regard, Saudi Arabia announced providing urgent $3 billion support to the Yemeni economy.

The support includes $2 billion from Saudi Arabia and UAE to support the Central Bank of Yemen. The Kingdom will also grant $1 billion for petroleum products and development.

Riyadh called for an international conference to support Yemen's economy and said it would give $300 million to the United Nations aid response to Yemen's humanitarian crisis.

It aims to alleviate the suffering of the Yemeni people and improve their living and service conditions, calling for an international conference to mobilize the financial resources necessary to support the Yemeni economy and the Central Bank of Yemen and provide oil derivatives.

The Kingdom urged the Presidential Council to start negotiations with the Houthis under UN supervision to reach a final and comprehensive political solution that includes a transitional period that will move Yemen to peace and development and for the Yemeni people to enjoy security and stability.



Saudi-Kuwaiti Talks Focus on Ways to Strengthen Security Cooperation

Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz meets with Sheikh Fahad bin Yusuf Saud Al-Sabah in Riyadh on Sunday (SPA)
Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz meets with Sheikh Fahad bin Yusuf Saud Al-Sabah in Riyadh on Sunday (SPA)
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Saudi-Kuwaiti Talks Focus on Ways to Strengthen Security Cooperation

Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz meets with Sheikh Fahad bin Yusuf Saud Al-Sabah in Riyadh on Sunday (SPA)
Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz meets with Sheikh Fahad bin Yusuf Saud Al-Sabah in Riyadh on Sunday (SPA)

Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz, Saudi Minister of Interior, held official talks with Kuwait’s First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense and Minister of Interior, Sheikh Fahad bin Yusuf Saud Al-Sabah in Riyadh on Sunday.
The talks focused on ways to promote security cooperation between the two countries, especially in combating drug trafficking, as well as discussing several other issues of mutual interest.

The Saudi Minister stressed that the meeting is in line with the directives of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, to enhance the two countries’ security cooperation.

The Kuwaiti official arrived earlier in Riyadh, the Saudi capital, where he was warmly welcomed by the Saudi Minister of Interior and several senior officials from both countries.