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MOSCOW – SABA
High-profile Yemeni-Russian official talks took place in Moscow today, Tuesday, co-chaired by Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Dr. Ahmed bin Mubarak and Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk.
Discussions covered bilateral relations in a diverse areas including investments, fighting terrorism, cross-borders organized crime, mechanisms to put into effects the declaration of Yemeni-Russian friendship and collaboration principles signed by the Yemeni and Russian presidents in 2003 and activating the joint ministerial committee.
Dr. Bin Mubarak provided a brief presentation about the developments in Yemen in different fields and challenges the government has been facing, citing prospects to further firm bilateral cooperation with the Russian friends.
He also highlighted promising investment opportunities and called on Russian companies to come to Yemen to establish their own investment enterprise, promising significant facilitations for Russian businessmen and companies.
For his part, the Russian Deputy Prime Minister stated that Russia is open and willing to promote collaboration with Yemen in the field of energy, oil, fishery and agriculture.
He also underlined the need to activate the joint ministerial committee and to take necessary steps to do so.
Yemen’s Ambassador to Moscow Ahmed al-Wuhayshi, Advisor of Foreign Minister Jamal Awadh and Advisor of the Prime Minister Ambassador Mujeeb Othman and Russian Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Deputy Minister of Energy and senior officials from Russian Ministries of Development and External Transports contributed to the discussions.