YEMEN, WB TO HOLD OFFICIAL TALKS IN CAIRO

SANA'A, April 03 (Saba)- Undersecretary of the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation for project programming Abdullah Hassan Al-Shater headed on Saturday for Cairo to hold talks with officials at the World Bank .

Speaking to Saba upon departure, Al-Shater said that the talks will focus on $ 57-million two grants in WB aid to Yemen to implement developmental projects.

The first grant will be used to rehabilitate three random areas in Taiz province as well as establishing the province institutional structure.

The second grant will be used to implement the second phase of the port city development project in Aden, Hodeidah and Mukalla cities and rehabilitating the fish sector in Hodeidah, Al-Rayan Airport in Mukalla and three markets in Yemen's business capital.

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