Weekly Bulletin. Hadi: Iran exploited nuclear deal to export violence, terrorism. By Information Attache of the Yemeni Embassy in Riyadh

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1 النشــرة األســبوعية By Information Attache of the Yemeni Embassy in Riyadh 3 Vice President stresses on activating security police 4 PM: How to establish the State, this is the question? 7 Interior Minister, Civil Status officials discuss electronic civil registry project Hadi: Iran exploited nuclear deal to export violence, terrorism 8 13 Info. Minister lays down KSrelief medical foundation stone for Saba team carry out 27 Province TV Channel surgeries in Marib 24 Shaban Issue 29 e By Information Attache of the Yemeni Embassy in Riyadh ( 29) AD 24 Shaban 1439 H - 10 May 2018 AD 1439 H - 10 MayIssue

2 Hadi: Iran exploited nuclear deal to export violence, terrorism President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi hailed the US President Donald Trump s decision to withdraw the US from the Iran nuclear deal as the deal failed to protect the vital interests of the United States, and those of the allies and partners of the US in the Middle East, including Yemen. In a meeting with US Ambassador to Yemen Matthew Tueller in Riyadh on Wednesday, Hadi said Iran had exploited the nuclear deal to export violence and terrorism to the countries of the region and to interfere in the affairs of President Hadi receives German ambassador to our country those countries in line with the Persian state s expansionist agenda. Tueller expressed the US support for Yemen and its government. He reiterated support to Yemen to counter terrorism and Iranian interference in the region until peace is achieved based on UN resolutions and other terms of reference for peace in Yemen. Hadi and Tueller discussed a number of other issues of common concern in the meeting. President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi received Wednesday the German ambassador to our country Hansjorg Haber. The meeting devoted to discuss the latest developments about the situations in the Yemeni arena. President Hadi touched upon the challenges Yemen has been struggling with as a result of the war triggered by the Houthi putschist militia and its devastating consequences in all walks of life. The President said: We would always be peace-seekers as peace is our permanent choice. Given that this is our national and humanitarian responsibility toward our country and people. He added saying: We made concessions, and we ll continue to give concessions for peace, security and stability that is based on the International Security resolutions, namely The German diplomat has affirmed his country s support for President Hadi and the good offices have been made by the UN s envoy Martin Griffith in order to make peace in Yemen. 2 e By Information Attache of the Yemeni Embassy in Riyadh

3 Vice President stresses on activating security police Vice President Lt. General Ali Mohsen discussed with the command of the military police on Friday latest developments and efforts of activating the role of military police in liberated provinces. He stressed on the role of the police in liberated provinces for boosting military and security forces in keeping security. He urged doubling efforts and training the police and making use of the brotherly support from the Saudi-led Coalition. For his part, the commander of the military police and attending commanders reviewed achievements accomplished in military fields. Prime Minister receives Saudi committee on Socotra s situation Prime Minister Ahmad Obeid Bin Daghr received on Friday General Ahmad Abdulrahman al-shiri, the Head of the Saudi Committee entrusted with inspecting the situations in Socotra Archipelago and listening to the government and local authority on latest incidents here. Bin Daghr discussed with al-shihri and the UAE Commander Abu Saif and the accompanying delegation the reasons behind tensions took place two days after the arrival of the Prime to the Socotra Island. He discussed with al-shihri means of overcoming reasons led to these tensions on the bases of objectives and principles of the Saudi-led Coalition with active contribution from the United Arab Emirates in facing Houthis and their militias. They also discussed ways of preserving this framework (principles of the coalition) controlling the brotherly and strategic relations between the two parties and boosting cooperation. e By Information Attache of the Yemeni Embassy in Riyadh 3

4 PM: How to establish the State, this is Prime Minister Dr Ahmed Obeid Bin-Dagher has stated that the question of nationbuilding is the key issue that the country has been preoccupied with at present. He said: Following September 2014 the State has collapsed. Lecturing at the College of Education in the Archipelagoes of Socotra, Dr Bin-Dagher described the country-reunion in 1990 as one of the most significant decisions that the Yemeni people have ever made in their modern history. The unification of the country in Prime Minister calls Socotris to protect their Island the question? 1990 was a great victory of the Yemeni peoples history and an unprecedented achievement in the country s temporary history, said Bin-Dagher. The Prime Minister noted that Yemen has obtained its own share of change in 2011 when the republican regimes in the Arab World seriously challenged by large-scale popular uprisings. He asserted that Yemen was really in need of change and it has already moved on the path of transformation and reached to positive outcomes of the National Dialogue Conference that produced a notion of Federal-State. Bin-Dagher affirmed that the government is considering the establishment of Socotra University. The Prime Minister was accompanied by several members of his government including ministers of Higher Education, Health, Fishery, two ministers of state and other senior officials of security and intelligence services. Prime Minister Ahmad Obeid bin-daghr has called Socotri people and Members of the People General Congress to protect Socotra Island and its flora and fauna, which were formed thousand years ago, and making awareness activities on the Island. In his meeting with GPC leaders and members and dignitaries in the Island on Sunday, bin-daghr praised the national role of the Socotri people, pointing to activating the party for playing its national role in this sensitive stage. He confirmed that Socotra will continue to be defender on the unity and the republic and that the local authority is legal authority appointed by a republican decree. 4 e By Information Attache of the Yemeni Embassy in Riyadh

5 Yemen s political parties and groups have condemned the Emirati deployment of troops in Yemen s Indian Ocean archipelago of Socotra. The People s General Congress, the Yemen Congregation for Reform, the Peaceful Southern Movement, Yemeni al- Rashad Union, the Justice and Building party, al-nahdhaa for Peaceful Change, the Union of Popular Forces and Peace and Development parties issued a joint statement in this regard on Tuesday. The UAE s troop deployment, takeover of the airport and seaport and expulsion of the ports employees took place last Thursday as Prime Minister Ahmed bin-daghr was in a tour in the archipelago inspecting the citizens and laying the foundation stone for development projects. The parties called the unilateral UAE move as contrary to the goals of the PM pays inspection Arab Coalition which, led by Saudi Arabia, aims to reinstate Yemen s internationally recognized government back to power and end the Iran-backed Houthi rebellion. These Emirati steps have led to the militarization of the island, disturbed public peace and triggered massive protests amongst the population, said the statement. The statement said the moves appear like an attempt to plunge the island into events whose calculations have northing to do with countering the rebellion and restoring the Yemeni state (these moves) rather meddle with the national sovereignty of the Republic of Yemen. The parties appreciated the stance of the political leadership represented by President Abd- Rabbu MansourHaditoward these moves. They called the leadership to intensify visit to Momi area in Socotra Prime Minister Dr Ahmed Obeid Bin-Dagher paid an inspection visit on Wednesday to the area of Momi in the Archipelagoes of Socotra. During his inspection trip, Bin-Dagher got familiar with the populations concerns and difficulties they are complaining about. The Prime Minister also paid an inspection visit to Dobas School and informed about the process of exams and the improvements need to be made in the School. A number of Ministers and senior officials accompanied the Prime Minister. Political parties condemn Emirati troop deployment in Socotra their calls with the brotherly leaders of Saudi Arabia, the leading country of the Arab Coalition, to press the UAE to withdraw its forces from Socotra immediately and unconditionally and to defuse the tensions fueled by the UAE in the government-held territories. The political parties expressed their thanks for the brotherly members of the Arab Coalition mainly the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for their historical stance by the side of the Yemeni people against the Iranian intervention. They called for Saudi Arabia s interference to stop the Emirati practices which don t serve the goals of the Arab Coalition. The parties said they take pride in the Socotri population s demonstration of support for the political leadership represented by Hadi and bin-daghr despite the difficult circumstances. e By Information Attache of the Yemeni Embassy in Riyadh 5

6 Yemen welcoms Presdent Trupm decision to withdtaw from Iran nuclear agreement The Republic of Yemen welcomes and supports President Trump s decision to end the United States participation in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) with Iran. Yemen recognizes that the deal failed to protect the vital interests of not only the United Sates but also its partners and allies in the Middle East, including Yemen. The Iranian regime, while benefiting from the JCPOA, has continued, as part of its expansionist malign agenda, to export violence and terrorism to its neighbors in the region. Iran s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has been, Supreme Judicial Council relocates Higher Judicial Institute HQ to Aden The Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) has decided to relocate the headquarters of the Higher Judicial Institute from the Houthi-held capital Sana a to the government-controlled temporary capital, Aden. In decrees issued on Wednesday, the SJC deemed the Sana a institute void and its course of study for a very long time, supporting and arming the Houthis in Yemen with sophisticated missiles and other technologies including military drones, sea mines, and explosive boats, which not only threaten the region s stability but also threaten freedom of navigation in the Red Sea. Iran s destabilizing and dangerous behavior must stop for peace to prevail in the region. Yemen believes that President Trump s decision today is a big step in the right direction to prevent this destabilizing and dangerous behavior of Iran. The government of Yemen, with the assistance of the Arab invalid. coalition led by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, will continue to fight the Iranian backed Houthis militia to bring stability back to Yemen and the region and to minimize the Houthis threats to freedom of navigation in the Red Sea. Yemen calls upon the international community to exert its pressure on the Houthis to heed the United Nations Security Council s resolutions, especially Resolution 2216, and return to the negotiating table in accordance with the agreed upon three references for peace, and on Iran to stop its continued support for the Houthis. The Council appointed a number of judges and prosecutors to serve in courts and specialized criminal courts in the government-held city of Marib, east of the country. It also reshuffled judges within military courts 6 e By Information Attache of the Yemeni Embassy in Riyadh

7 األسبوعية النشرة Interior Minister, Civil Status officials discuss electronic civil registry project Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Eng. Ahmed Al-Maysari held a meeting with Civil Status Authority officials in Aden today and discussed with them the preparation of an electronic civil registry as a project. The meeting discussed the study of the project and its implementation in coordination with the concerned authorities and the experiences of other countries that can be learnt from in this regard. The meeting approved the recommendations of a delegation led by the Civil Status Authority experts to Egypt to draw from the Egyptian experience in this regard. In a separate meeting with the Commander of the 1st Brigade Abdul Ghani Al-Subaihi, minister Al-Maysari discussed the latest developments in the Khaboub warfront, in which the brigade s personnel do a heroic role in battling the Houthi rebel militia. Deputy Premier gets familiar with ICRC Deputy Premier, Minister of Interior Eng. Ahmed Al-Maisari met Tuesday in the interim capital Aden with the mission of the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) in our country. Al-Maisari welcomed the ICRC delegation, highly appreciating the significant humanitarian role played by the ICRC in different Yemeni regions. He extended his condolences on the martyrdom of the ICRC s official Hanna Lahoud who was killed while on duty in Taiz province by unidentified gunmen. Al-Maisari blamed Houthi militia for creating obstructions to deny humanitarian and relief aids access to the people in need in the militia controlled areas. The delegation detailed the Deputy Premier on the ICRC s activities it carried out over the past and its future s plans. e By Information Attache of the Yemeni Embassy in Riyadh 7

8 Al-Iryani participates in the 49th Round of the Council of Arab Info. Ministers Minister of Information Muamer Al-Iryani attended the meetings of the 49th Round of the Council of Arab Ministers of Information which held in Cairo. The event coincided with celebrating the Arab Media Day. On the occasion, the Minister of Information gave a speech in which he touched upon the Yemeni peoples scourge as a result of the Houth rebel militia s coup against the State and its institutions. He said: Legitimate Yemeni leadership headed by President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi has been working alongside Saudi-led Arab Coalition and International Community to put down the coup and regain control over all Yemeni region and re-normalize the situations and reinstate the State s authorities. The Minister has made clear that President Hadi is very keen on establishing a sustainable peace that based on the three terms of references, GCC s Initiative, outcomes of the National Dialogue and INSC resolutions, namely Al-Iryani & Al-Arrada lays down foundation stone for Saba Province TV Channel Minister of Information Mua mer Al-Iryani laid along with the governor of Marib Maj. General Sultan Al-Arradah laid down Monday the foundation stone to establish Media Complex and Saba Province satellite TV Station. It is my pleasure to be here, as HE President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi delegated me and governor Sultan Al-Arrada the mandate to lay down the foundation stone of the project of establishing the TV and Radio Station of Saba Province said Al- Iryani. For his part, Al-Arrada stated that the Saba Province TV would be an additional media outlet to the national media platforms. 8 e By Information Attache of the Yemeni Embassy in Riyadh

9 Minister of Agriculture explores FAO support for Yemeni farmers Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation Othman Mujalli met Wednesday in Rome with the Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Graziano da Silva. Aspects of cooperation between Yemen and FAO were a key focus of Mujalli s conversations with da Silva. Mujalli highlighted Yemen s need for greater support by the FOA at this critical stage. He called on the FOA to increase support for agricultural sector in Yemen that has been seriously deteriorated. The Minister also voiced Yemen s desire to further cooperation with FAO so that the Yemeni government can manage the food security challenges the country has been struggling with. Mujalli and Silva agreed to coordinate efforts with the UN agencies, donors and international community in order to mobilize more developmental aid to support agricultural sector in Yemen. Mujalli s meeting with Silva held on the sideline of the Regional Conference for Near East and North Africa Organization. Yemen s ambassador to Rome Asmahan Attoqi was in attendance. More than 38,000 persons vaccinated against cholera in Day 1 The health teams implementing the anti-cholera vaccination drive inal-tawahi, Al-Ma alaand Khowr Maksardistrict in the temporary capital vaccinated 38,554 persons in day 1 of the drive on Tuesday. The head of the Primary Health Care Department in Aden, Dr. Mohammad Rajmanar, told Saba news agency that the teams had given the oral cholera vaccine to 20,546 males,18,080 females and to 7871 children 1-5 years old of both sexes. He called on the teams working in the campaign to keep up the effort to cover as much areas as possible in the coming days. e By Information Attache of the Yemeni Embassy in Riyadh 9

10 South Korea provides 17 thousand tons of rice as humanitarian aid Deputy Minister of Local Administration member of Supreme Relief Committee Abdulsalam Abood met Wednesday with the ambassador of South Korea to our country Yak Woung Shul. The meeting aimed to explore a mechanism for distributing the Korean relief aids provided by the government of South Korea to the Yemeni people. The Korean humanitarian aid includes 17 thousand tons of rice provided through the World Food Program (WFP). This shipment of relief aid is expected to arrive in Yemen next month. Abood expressed the Yemeni government s appreciation for the South Korean government and people for supporting Yemen in different fields. The South Korean diplomat noted that the humanitarian aids will be provided in two shipments during the next two months of June and July. Governor of Marib meets with OCHA Governor of Marib province Maj. General Sultan Al- Arradah blamed the UN agencies for maintaining their headquarters in the capital Sana a under the Houthi putschist militia, demanding the UN s organizations and other international agencies to open offices in different Yemeni provinces. The UN s agencies ought to be present in all Yemeni provinces, mainly the government-held provinces so that they can report about the factual situations on the delegation ground, and not as the putschist militia reported to them, said Al-Arrada. Al-Arrad voiced his criticism as he met Monday with a delegation of the UN Office for Coordination the Humanitarian Affairs ( OCHA). The delegation headed by Saba Jowih who is responsible for the humanitarian affairs. The OCHA s delegation visit aimed to get first-hand facts about the humanitarian needs in the province of Marib. The governor cited the 10 e By Information Attache of the Yemeni Embassy in Riyadh challenges that Marib province has been facing as a result of Houthi militia s coup and war on the province. He detailed the OCHA delegation on huge pressures the province has to face due to the influx of large number of the IDP from different Yemeni provinces.

11 Arab Coalition spokesman says top Houthi leaders targeted in presidential palace airstrike The spokesman of the Arab Coalition Colonel Turki al- Maliki said that the Coalition s airstrike on the presidential palace in Sana a on Monday targeted first-grade and secondgrade Houthi leaders. In a press conference later in the day, he said that the strike was in accordance with a confirmed intelligence tipoff. Lately the Coalition has killed the chief of the rebels self-proclaimed Political Council Saleh al- Sammad in a strike. The Saudi air defenses intercepted a ballistic missile fired by Iranian-backed Houthi terrorist militia toward the kingdom s territories. The defenses spotted another missile that landed 100 kilometers in an unpopulated desert area south of the capital Riyadh. Al-Maliki said that the Houthimilitia deliberately recruit child fighters exploiting the financial need of the Yemeni families. He pointed to the reports of the National Committee for Investigating into Alleged Human Rights Abuses whichshow that Houthis take the bodies of their killed child fighters to Sana a and other cities where are issued death certificates and documented as civilian casualties of Arab airstrikes. He pointed out that the Arab Coalition is doing a lot to protect children. Lately a Child Protection Unit was established under the command of the Arab Coalition Forces and an agreement was signed with the United Nations in this regard, stressing that all Yemeni families should protect their children and not send them to warfronts. Saudi defenses intercept two ballistic missiles Houthis launched toward Riyadh He said, This hostile action by the Houthi militia proves the continued involvement of the Iranian regime in supporting the Houthi armed group with qualitative capabilities in a clear and explicit defiance of the UN resolution no and resolution no The spokesman for the Coalition forces Col. Turki al-maliki said in a press statement on Wednesday that: The two missiles were heading toward Riyadh as they had been deliberately launched to target the civilian and populated areas. He said that these violations threaten the Saudi, regional and international securities, and that firing ballistic missiles at populated cities and villages is a violation of the international humanitarian law. e By Information Attache of the Yemeni Embassy in Riyadh 11

12 Giant carrier docked at Aden Port Basama carrier has arrived Aden Port on Saturday carrying on board 3158 cars to be unloaded in the port. The carrier is the greatest of its kind docked at the port this year. Receiving giant ships is one fruit of the recent meeting between the leaders of the Arab Coalition and senior traders for facilitating goods transfer to Aden Port. Earlier, Minister of Transport Saleh al-jabwani confirmed readiness of Aden Port for receiving all kinds of ships and transferring their shipments to any place after Houthi seized 19 fuel tankers at Hodeida Port. OCHA delegation inspects IDP Camps, Centers in Marib A delegation from the UN Office for Coordination Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) paid Wednesday inspection visits to some IDPs cams in Marib who fled their origin regions under the Houthi militia control. The OCHA delegation, headed by Saba Jowih, inspected the IDPs conditions in several camps established to shelter them in Wadi Thanah in Serwah and the area of Azour. The IDPs are reported to have appealed to the OCHA delegation to report about their needs for basic services, they also asked for demining the landmines the militia planted in their regions. The OCHA delegation also paid inspection visits to several IDPs camps in the district of Marib city on Tuesday evening. Landmine Action Center launches awareness-raising course in Marib The Executive Center for Landmine Action launched on Saturday an awareness-raising course on the dangers of mines and UXOs in Marib province in coordination with UNICEF and the branch office of Social Affairs Ministry. The course will, over five days, seek to raise the awareness of 30 participants from five of the province s districts in where the militia planted thousands of mines, some of which have left dozens of victims, while most of them are still a danger lying in wait for more victims. In the course inauguration, the Director of the Center delivered a speech on the dangers of mines and the importance of raising the people s awareness to avoid their dangers. 12 e By Information Attache of the Yemeni Embassy in Riyadh

13 KSrelief medical team carry out 27 A medical team funded by King Salman Center for Relief and Humanitarian Action (KSrelief) in cooperation with Nolabbi al-nidaa (We Answer the Plea) conducted during 2-3 May 27 surgical procedures and diagnosis of 50 other diseased cases in two main hospitals in the city of Marib in Yemen s surgeries in Marib east. On the first day, the medical team performed 13 surgeries for various illnesses including congenital deformities and bullet injuries. On the second day, 14 surgeries were performed. The medical assistance provided by KSrelief now are better than what we used to have in the time of peace, said Dr. Louai Sulaiman, the manager of Kara, one of the two hospitals where the medical team conducted the charitable medical surgeries. House-to-house anti-cholera campaign prepared in Aden The office of the Ministry of Public Health and Population in Aden is preparing for carrying out the vaccination campaign against cholera on May 6-10 with support from the UNICEF and the World Health Organization. The house-to-house campaign targets 47,386 houses and 351,995 people from one to 60 years as the first stage in four districts; Ma lla, Towahi, Khour Maksar and Sira, General Director of Ministry of Public Health and Population s Office here Jamal Khudabikhsh told Saba. He called on mosque preachers to help in For more information Please visit our website awareness on the campaign and called on people to take necessary protection measures to protect themselves against cholera. For her part, Director of Edification and Health Information Department Nahwan al-ahgbari said the awareness teams will work with the vaccinating teams for the success of the campaign. She added that they will use social media for awareness and communicate with the mosque preachers and social figures for the significance of the campaign. e By Information Attache of the Yemeni Embassy in Riyadh 13