SANA'A, Sep 07 (Saba) – Minister of Transport Khalid Ibrahim al-Wazeer met on Sunday the Japanese ambassador to Yemen Masakazu Toshikage to discuss the possibility of getting Japanese support to establish a regional center for combating maritime piracy.

The meeting brought up aspects of cooperation between the two countries in areas such as sea transport as well as fighting sea piracy.

Al-Wazeer stressed the necessity of setting up such center which as he says will not only serve regional interests but also help boost international efforts to fight sea piracy in international waters near Somalia.

Toshikage expressed his government readiness to support the center, adding that Japan is now considering to support Yemen to train its coastguards.
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