Government, JICA discuss further cooperation

SANA'A, Aug 31 (Saba) - The government and Japanese International Cooperation Agency ( JICA) held talks on Saturday for discussing expanding cooperation between the two parts.

Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Abdul-Karim al-Arhabi who chaired the
meeting highlighted continuous development cooperation relations between Yemen and
Japan, expressing government's appreciations to JICA's contributions in supporting
Yemen's development and its initiative to open an office in Yemen.

For his part, JICA's vice chairman affirmed the agency's keenness on supporting
development in Yemen, highlighting achievements the country realized in applying
reforms.

The meeting dealt with future Japanese support to Yemen development programs in
addition to another support in fields of technical education and vocational
training, health and rural water.