GCC welcomes $600m Saudi aid package for Yemen

SMA NEWS – RIYADH
Development projects and fuel for power stations aim to ease suffering of Yemenis affected by civil war

Gulf Co-operation Council Secretary General Nayef Al Hajraf praised Saudi Arabia’s announcement of a $600 million assistance programme for Yemen.

The aid, comprising $400m for development projects and $200m to improve electricity supply, was announced during talks in Riyadh on Thursday between Saudi Deputy Defence Minister Prince Khaled bin Salman and the head of Yemen’s Presidential Council, Rashad Al Alimi.

In a message reported by the state Saudi Press Agency, Mr Al Hajraf said the GCC supported Saudi Arabia’s efforts to assist the Yemeni people, who had endured more than seven years of civil war after Houthi rebels seized the capital, Sanaa, and forced the government to flee.

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The Saudi Development and Reconstruction Programme for Yemen would implement 17 projects in six sectors, including energy, transport, education, water, health, and building state institutions, with a total value of $400m, SPA reported.

Another $200m will go towards providing fuel for power plants.