SAUDI ARABIA GRANTS YEMEN $30 MLN

KHARTOUM, April 08 (Saba) - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has granted Yemen about $30 million to contribute to finance the establishment of an educational hospital.

Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Abdul-Karim al-Arhabi and Saudi Finance Minister Ibrahim al-Assaf signed in the Sudanese capital Khartoum an agreement to grant Yemen the amount for establishing an educational hospital in Taiz University, with a capacity of 200 beds.

The agreement was signed on the sidelines of the 39th round of the annual meetings of the Arab Financial institutions kicked off on Sudan on Wednesday.

The amount is a part of the grant Saudi Arabia pledged to offer to Yemen in London donor conference 2006, which is worth $1 billion.

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