Japanese universities desire to restore affected historical sites in

SAYOUN, Feb. 19 (Saba)-Deputy governor of Hadramout Ahmed al-Jonaid met on Thursday a delegation of the Japanese universities who is currently visiting the country.

The deputy governor discussed with the delegation contributions of
those universities to restore several cultural sites in the
governorate which were affected by the flood- hit the governorate
last October of 2008.

He highly appreciated the desire of the Japanese universities to
contribute to restore the historical sites in Yemen, saying that the
Hadramout valley enriches with cultural and historical sites.

The head of the delegation voiced readiness of the universities to
restore the historical sites that were affected by flood, saying
that the delegation has conducted studies on some sites in the
governorate and would show them for Japanese affairs ministry to
start works of restoring in coming period.

AH