Saudi officials meet with Yemen's Deputy Prime Minister for

Si'own, Yemen, October 30, SPA -- The Saudi Ambassador to Yemen Ali
Al-Hamdan and the Head of the Saudi relief delegation Sultan Al
Subaie met here on Tuesday with Yemen's Deputy Prime Minister for
Internal Affairs Sadeq Ameen Abu-Ras.

At the outset of the meeting, the Yemeni official welcomed the
Saudi delegation, noting the distinct relations between the
leaderships and peoples of the two countries.
Giving an account on the damage and material losses suffered by
Hadramawt Valley as a result of the heavy rains and overwhelming
floods, the Yemeni official said the number of completely-destroyed
houses amounted to 3,200 and the death toll stood at 68 so far.

However, he lauded the efforts exerted by Saudi Arabia in support of
Yemen to overcome this crisis.
He drew the attention that Saudi Arabia's support to
Yemen amounting to U.S. $ 100 million is the largest among the
international aid that arrived in Yemen.
For his part, Al-Hamdan revealed that the first cargo
plane within a Saudi relief airlift to Yemen ordered by the Custodian
of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz to alleviate the
sufferings of the flood-hit people will arrive in Yemen on Saturday
November 01, 2008.
--SPA