YEMENI FISHERY DELEGATION HEADS FOR CHINA

HADRAMOUT, March 06 (Saba) - Hadramout governor Salem al-Khanbashi along with a fishery delegation headed Saturday for China in a few-day visit.

Speaking to Saba, al-Khanbashi said that the visit aims to get acquainted with the Chinese experience in areas of fisheries, protection marine environment and increase the fishery resources, pointing out that Yemen has coastline of 2350 km and a huge fishery wealth as well.

The visit's agenda include drawing a timetable and plan to exchange expertise between Yemen and China based on the talks with Chinese Ministry of Agriculture over financing in cooperation with the World Bank fishery projects in Yemen.

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