[02/March/2010]
SANA'A, March 02 (Saba) – The Cabinet approved Tuesday a report presented by the Prime Minister Ali Mujawar on the outcomes of the 19th round of the Yemeni-Saudi Coordination Council held in the Saudi capital ,Riyadh, during February 23-27.

The report included the nine cooperation documents signed at the end of the round, including four grants of SAR 430.5 million for the areas of water, sanitation, health, electricity and higher education.

In addition to, the report included two executive programs in the field of tourism and higher education and two memoranda of understanding for the fields of social insurance and scientific and academic cooperation.

The cabinet highly valued the good results of the 19th session of the coordination council, noting the council's vital role in implementing the directives of the two leaderships in the two countries.

Moreover the cabinet expressed its comfort for forming joint committees to study the Yemeni labor conditions and to come up with clear mechanisms to ensure offering facilities to the Yemeni community and labor in the Kingdom.

Also the cabinet praised the vital role of the Kingdom in the Yemeni development process as well as the Saudi supportive positions to the security and stability of Yemen as that is an inseparable part of the Kingdom security.

On another hand, the cabinet also reviewed an initial report submitted by Minister of Planning and International Cooperation on the Riyadh conference of development partners held on 27tha nd 28th of last February.

The report pointed to the positive atmosphere and the transparency accompanied the conference debates, noting the wonderful interaction by the participants and their understanding of Yemen's vision on the use of the foreign funding and the mechanism to bypass problems that prevent the completion of allocations process , whether by the government or by some donors.

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