[13/February/2010]

SANA'A, Feb.13 (Saba) – Head of Yemen Coastguards Authority (YCG) Ali Rase'a has affirmed that the Authority has its own plan which is being described as "strictly accurate" to safe the Yemeni coastal lines, indicating that this plan needs abilities to be implemented.

He made clear to al-Seyaseyah daily that President Ali Abdullah Saleh has ordered lately to buy ten new boats to reinforce coastguards work, pointing out that the authority was able to safe the coastal lines along with the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden and it is currently working to safe line in the Arabian Sea.

During the last ten years, the Authority established several centers as well as sending patrols in the regional waters aiming to reduce illegally immigration to Yemen, indicating that the Authority
asked the government to boost its centers in this area.

Rase'a said that whenever Somali problems are increasing, dangerous problems are increasing in the Yemeni coasts such as increasing piracy acts andillegal immigration which reflects the increase of Somali refugees in Yemen, affirming that the Authority exerted big efforts to combat piracy acts during the last period and it wants necessary efforts to fight this phenomenon.

This came upon his visit to Aden Coastguards Sector to check security readiness of Aden coastguards as well as training and rehabilitating Aden Coastguards Institute for the current year,
urging students to benefit from the military ships that visit the Gulf of Aden, especially in training and rehabilitating areas.

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Saba