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***** The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahd Ibn Abdul Aziz has sent a cable of congratulations to Ireland's President Mary McAleese on her country's national day. In his own name and on behalf of the Saudi government and people, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques wished the President continual good health and happiness and the friendly people of Ireland steady progress and prosperity. The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques also praised deep relations between the two countries and their friendly peoples. The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahd Ibn Abdul Aziz has sent a cable of congratulations to the Leader of Spain's Socialist Labor Party Jose Luis Rodrigues Zapatero on his party's winning the legislative elections. In his own name and on behalf of Saudi government and people, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques wished the Spanish leader continual good health, happiness and success and the friendly people of Spain steady progress and prosperity. The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques expressed his hope to strengthen friendship and fruitful cooperation between the two countries and to develop distinguished relations for the service of peace, security and prosperity in the region and the world. Morocco's Premier Idriss Jettou expressed his country's thanks and appreciation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the aid provided to Morocco in line with the directives of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahd Ibn Abdul Aziz following the earthquake that recently hit Al-Hociemeh region in northern Morocco. During a meeting with Saudi Ambassador to Morocco Dr. Abdul Aziz Mohieddin Khojah, Jettou stressed that the Kingdom's solidarity with his country demonstrated strong relations binding the two brotherly countries and their peoples, highlighting the noble stands of the Kingdom towards its brothers passing difficult circumstances in Arab and Islamic countries. On his part, the Saudi Ambassador praised brotherly and deep-rooted relations between the two countries. Also Morocco's government expressed its thanks and appreciation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the aid provided to Morocco in line with the directives of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahd Ibn Abdul Aziz following the earthquake that recently hit Al-Hociemeh region. In a letter to Saudi Ambassador to Morocco Dr. Abdul Aziz Mohieddin Khojah, Morocco's Interior Minister Mustafa Sahil stressed that the Kingdom's solidarity with his country through the aid demonstrated strong relations binding the two brotherly countries and their peoples. Crown Prince Abdullah Ibn Abdul Aziz, Deputy Prime Minister and Commander of the National Guard will patronize a symposium on justice systems organized by the Ministry of Justice with the presence of a number of experts from the Kingdom and from abroad. The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Justice Dr Abdullah Al-Heideithy stressed that the activation of the justice system has been finalized and issuing these systems is a step forward while taking into consideration the bases upon which the Kingdom has been founded. Crown Prince Abdullah Ibn Abdul Aziz, Deputy Prime Minister and Commander of the National Guard, has sent a cable of congratulations to the Leader of Spain's Socialist Labor Party Jose Luis Rodrigues Zapatero on his party's winning the legislative elections. In his own name and on behalf of Saudi government and people, Crown Prince Abdullah wished the Spanish leader continual good health, happiness and success and the friendly people of Spain steady progress and prosperity. Prince Abdullah expressed his hope to strengthen friendship and fruitful cooperation between the two countries and to develop distinguished relations for the service of peace, security and prosperity in the region and the world. Prince Sultan Ibn Abdul Aziz, Second Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defence and Aviation and Inspector General, has sent a cable of congratulations to the Leader of Spain's Socialist Labor Party Jose Luis Rodrigues Zapatero on his party's winning the legislative elections. In his own name and on behalf of Saudi government and people, Prince Sultan wished the Spanish leader continual good health, happiness and success and the friendly people of Spain steady progress and prosperity. Prince Sultan expressed his hope to strengthen friendship and fruitful cooperation between the two countries and to develop distinguished relations for the service of peace, security and prosperity in the region and the world. The Ministry of the Interior has asked the Ministry of Commerce to inform businessmen in all areas working in the field of car parts import to stop importing bullet-proofs windscreens and parts that enhances to the power of the engines and their speed. The ministry has also received information about workshops that change car specifications, engines and windscreens and has banned these procedures as these cars could be used in unlawful acts. Prince Naif Ibn Abdul Aziz has issued his directives to concerned authorities to monitor car garages and workshops in order to prevent any changes of this sort. President Zain Al Abedine Ben Ali of Tunisia received Prince Naif IbnAbdul Aziz, the Saudi Minister of Interior, who was in a private visit to the North African Arab country. The meeting was attended by Tunisia's Minister of Interior and Domestic Development Dr. Elhadi Mihani and Saudi Ambassador to Tunisia Ahmed Ibn Ali Al Qahtani. Following the meeting, Prince Naif said he seized the opportunity of meeting with Ben Ali to discuss the existing fraternal relations between the two countries. Earlier, Prince Naif graced the dinner party held in his honor by the Saudi Ambassador to Tunisia Ahmed Al Qahtani. The function was attended by Dr. Mihani, Prince Mansour Ibn Saud Ibn Abdul Aziz; Prince Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud Ibn Naif Ibn Abdul Aziz; Prince Nawaf Ibn Naif Ibn Abdul Aziz; ministers; Arab Gulf ambassadors accredited to Tunisia and Saudi embassy staff members. Prince Saud Al-Faisal, the Foreign Minister, received the Director of North Africa and Middle East Region at French Foreign Ministry Bernard Emie . During the meeting, they discussed bilateral relations, ways of enhancing them, regional and international issues of common interest and the current situations in the Middle East. The meeting was attended by French Ambassador to the Kingdom Bernard Poletti and other officials. Prince Khalid Ibn Sultan Ibn Abdul Aziz, the Assistant Defense and Aviation Minister for Military Affairs, received the Special British Representative in Iraq Sir Jeremy Greenstock and the accompanying delegation. They reviewed issues of mutual interest. Prince Mohammed Ibn Nasser Ibn Abdul Aziz the Governor of Jazan made an inspection tour at the governorate of Damad through which he opened few development projects and laid the foundation stone for other services projects. Prince Mohammed was received by the Governor of Damad Khalid Ibn Abdul Aziz Al-Qusaibi. Upon arrival Prince Mohammed unveiled the memorial plaque for the projects which costs reached more than SR 29 million. He was then briefed on the projects and was presented with a memorial armour. The Saudi Bank for Development has signed an agreement with the Yemeni National Bank for Commerce and Investment in order to provide the bank with using the credit facilities allocated. The Director General of the export program at the Saudi Bank for Development Ibrahim Al Mofleh said the agreement is part of the efforts exerted by the bank to encourage exports between Saudi Arabia and brotherly countries adding that the total amount of facilities allocated to Yemen has reached around SR 36 million. U.S. Ambassador Vincent Battle and USAID/Lebanon Mission Director Raouf Youssef presented two checques to Lebanese American University (LAU) Assistant Vice President for Finance Emile Lamah and one check to Nabatiyeh Traders' Organization President Abdallah Bitar at the U.S. Embassy in Awkar on March 17, 2004. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) granted two checks to the Lebanese American University (LAU) in the total amount of $640,268 for the years 2003 and 2004. USAID funds will be used to finance scholarship support for the students enrolled at the University. A total number of 250 students have benefited from USAID scholarship assistance over the past two years. USAID's assistance to American educational institutions is an integral part of the U.S. Government's economic assistance program for Lebanon. Other American universities and schools that benefit from this assistance on an annual basis are the American University of Beirut (AUB), the American Community School (ACS) and the International College (IC). The Nabatiyeh Traders' Organization received a check in the amount of $10,000 from USAID to improve the organization's capabilities to host various events by equipping its auditorium. The auditorium is used to hold conferences and events related to tourism, trade, industry, commerce and culture in collaboration with other organizations in the area. These events benefit the 315 active members of the Nabatiyeh Traders' Organization as well as more than 500 traders in the area of Nabatiyeh by promoting their socio-economic status. USAID/Lebanon provides small grants to Lebanese non-governmental organizations to help them improve their socio-economic and humanitarian activities to serve the local population. President Bashar al-Assad received at the People's Palace a delegation of the US Congress led by Senator Carl Levin. þ The meeting was attended by Foreign Minister Farouk al-Shara' and the US Ambassadress to Syria. þ Talks dealt with the current conditions in Iraq and the occupied Palestinian territories, the Middle East peace process, terrorism, the cooperation in combatting it and the Syrian-American relations. Minister for Water and Electricity Dr. Ghazi Al-Gosaibi has announced the imminent establishment of the "Water Friends Association." Open to members of the public, the new association aims to attract people who are concerned with conserving water and using it economically and who will also encourage other members of the community to join them in doing so. Some estimates, based on current demographic and cultural expansion, are that the Kingdom's water reserves will last about two decades. Pressure on existing reserves from continued agricultural production which currently accounts for between 80 and 90 percent of water use in the Kingdom has eased only very slightly. A second line of approaching the problem has opened up by involving the general public to cut back on its consumption. The association, as well as performing an education and awareness role, will ask members to monitor water usage by other users, advising and reporting people and even businesses that waste water. In an interview recently, Deputy Minister for Water and Electricity Abdullah Al-Hussayen emphasized conservation as the starting point for a new water-conscious culture. "We should start with conservation," he said, "because it is the most promising, with clear and sure results. We can do it now, cheaply and with little effort." The new association is a significant first move in implementing a drive to creating water awareness in the Kingdom. Apart from public involvement in water conservation, the public sector and government should address the leakage of water from the system of pipelines in the Kingdom; the deputy minister put that figure at a conservative 20 percent, around the world average. "If we cut leakage to five percent which has been done in many parts of the world, Singapore for example it would be like building another Jubail plant virtually free," said Al-Hussayen. He advocates addressing water conservation with simple and existing technology. "Let us start with what we have, which achieves simple and clear results and does not require much money." Leading by example, Al-Hussayen has had three-liter "displacement bladders" installed in all the toilets in his ministry. Each reduces the water used for each flush by the same amount. Egypt's Mufti Ali Jumaa announced Egypt's strong rejection of any proposals or external initiatives about reforms or modernization in the Middle East stressing these reforms should come from within the region's states. During a meeting with a delegation of German Parliament chaired by the Head of Foreign Affairs Committee Volker Koch, Jumaa added that any project that is put in countries with values and traditions different from ours will not gain success. From his side Koch Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee at the German Parliament stressed the necessity of the Israeli complete withdrawal from the occupied Palestinian territories, asserting that without this withdrawal security will not be achieved in the region. In a statement following his meeting with the Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa, Roch asserted it is not acceptable to impose any foreign initiatives on the states and peoples of the Middle East regarding reform. The Board of Directors of Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) has recommended payment of SR 3,600 million (US$ 960 million) to company shareholders at SR 12 per share. The recommendation will be presented at the annual general assembly of shareholders on 17 April 2004. Commenting on the announcement, Prince Saud Ibn Thunayan Al-Saud, Chairman of the Board, said that SABIC had enhanced its performance at all levels including - but not limited to - training and development of human resources; development of research and technology; quality assurance; industrial security; environmental and vocational safety; consolidation and development of business regulations; and community relations. He added that SABIC had commenced the implementation of several expansion projects and new productivity programs, with the objective of reaching its targeted 45 million tons annual capacity in 2004, and 60 million tons per annum by 2008. Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) announced its un-audited fourth quarter and full year results for 2003. Profits for the full year are SR6.716bn (US$1.79bn), a 136% increase over the 2002 profits. It revealed quarterly profits of SR1.961 billion (US$523 million). Total sales for the year were SR47.1bn (US$12.56bn) compared with SR34bn (US$9.06bn) in 2002, an increase of 39%. Production in the year rose to 42.3 million metric tons compared with 40.6 million metric tons in 2002, an increase of 4%. President Emile Lahoud affirmed that there could be no peace in the Middle East without the Palestinians returning to their homeland and said any solution that did not provide for such a return would not be viable. Addressing a delegation representing the "Gathering for supporting the right of return and rejecting resettlement," Lahoud said Lebanon's position on the Palestinians' right to repatriation and on rejecting their resettlement in Lebanon was part of the strategy it had adopted on the Arab-Israeli conflict in coordination with Syria. The delegation, which included representatives of several political parties and blocs as well as social groupings, met Lahoud during a visit to the Presidential Palace in Baabda. The President pointed out that "despite all attempts to do away with or disregard this right in current diplomatic moves to resolve the Middle East crisis, we succeeded as a result of our determination and in line with our principles to render those concerned incapable of ignoring the Lebanese position." He said this position had become an "inseparable part" of the Arab peace initiative adopted by the Beirut summit in 2002 and that was expected to be reasserted by the Tunis summit later this month "to give the international community an additional opportunity to find a fair solution establishing permanent and comprehensive peace in the region." Lahoud added that he had affirmed this "fact" at the eighth Francophone summit held in Canada and "our position is unchanged." "It is our fate that we continue the struggle to protect our rights and not compromise on them no matter how heavy the pressure and the challenges, and I am confident we will eventually succeed in achieving our aims," he said. Lahoud expressed hope the Lebanese position would enjoy the necessary backing at the Tunis summit and Arab countries would follow Lebanon's and Syria's suit in "defending Arab rights and in adhering to them in confronting pressure to which they and their peoples are exposed." The Coalition Provisional Authority's senior official announced the coming creation of several new Iraqi-run government departments. Addressing members of the Iraqi Governing Council and the Baghdad City Council in Baghdad, Ambassador L. Paul Bremer III noted he'd soon establish government defense, anti-corruption and information departments. With about 100 days remaining until the June 30 handover of power to an Iraqi interim government, Bremer saluted the governing council, noting Iraq's citizens owe "thanks for its courageous statesmanship in writing the Transitional Administrative Law and setting Iraq on the path to sovereignty, elections and democracy." Bremer announced that a new Iraqi Ministry of Defense and a cabinet-level National Security Committee would be stood up, noting security "is the first concern of Iraqi citizens and the top priority of the coalition." Although the vast majority of Iraq's citizens are honest, Bremer said, "many Iraqis are concerned about corruption." A Commission on Public Integrity, he said, soon will be established to be "the chief enforcement element of Iraq's anti-corruption laws." The anti-corruption commission will work alongside new auditors and inspectors general departments, Bremer explained, forming "an integrated approach" to fighting corruption in government across the country. "I have already appointed inspectors general in 19 ministries," Bremer said. Another new government agency will be created because a free and democratic Iraq has no need for government-sponsored propaganda, Bremer announced. "Government-owned media exist to inform the public," he said, "not to promote the political interests of the president or prime minister of the moment." A new Iraq Public Service Broadcaster Commission - independent of the government -- will be established to regulate publicly owned media. And to ensure Iraqi airwaves "are administered in the public interest, the Iraqi Communications and Media Commission will administer their use independently of the government," Bremer added. After the transfer of power, "Iraqis will be sovereign in their own land and responsible for their own future," Bremer noted. Although the Coalition Provisional Authority is slated to end June 30, Bremer said the U.S.-coalition commitment to a free Iraq would continue. "Our military forces will become full partners with Iraq's sovereign government in providing security to the Iraqi people," Bremer said. Prince Khalid Al-Faisal the Governor of Assir region and Chairman of the Committee for development said that the committee is following up a project for building 1000 villas in six centers. The project is part of Prince Abdullah Ibn Abdul Aziz foundation for his parents. Prince Khalid Al-Faisal was chairing a meeting of the Committee and addressed thanks and gratitude on his own behalf and on behalf of the people of Assir to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahd Ibn Abdul Aziz, Crown Prince Abdullah Ibn Abdul Aziz, Deputy Prime Minister and Commander of the National Guard as well as Prince Sultan Ibn Abdul Aziz, Second Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defence and Aviation and Inspector General for all the care accorded to Assir region and its inhabitants. Foreign Minister Ahmad Maher said the security of Egypt's borders is the responsibility of Egypt in all cases. In statements to the press on Maher said we will do what we need to protect our borders and if this needed amendment of some phrases in the Israeli-Egyptian peace accords we will do it." Tunisia and the United States have launched their annual defense cooperation talks. The 19th session of annual defense talks began in Washington during the visit by a Tunisian delegation led by Defense Minister Dali Al Jazi. Al Jazi plans to meet Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and senior Pentagon officials over the four days of meetings. Officials said the meetings focused on defense cooperation ventures between Tunis and Washington over the next year. They said the cooperation would stress U.S. military training of Tunisian forces, joint exercises and intelligence exchange. The United States also seeks to improve access to Tunisia's airports for any military operation in North Africa. U.S. European Command intends to include Tunisia as part of a U.S.-sponsored regional counter-insurgency program, which would include training and exercises. Kuwait has buried 7 people who were missing during the Iraq invasion of Kuwait after the Ministry of the Interior's DNA tests proved their family relations. The First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah lead the funerals, offered his condolences to the families of the martyrs and said in a speech that Kuwait was proud of its sons who gave their lives to protect their country. These people were snatched from Kuwait's streets and homes by the Iraqi þforces, when they invaded the country on August 2, 1990.þ þThe remains of only 82 POWs have been found so far.þ All calls and appeals by Kuwait and other states as well as world þorganizations have so far failed to establish their whereabouts and allow them þ þto reunite with their families and loved ones.þ For more than 12 years now, the families of the Kuwaiti POWs are suffering and yearning to know about the fate of their loved ones. The US Justice Department has sent a high-level team of prosecutors and investigators to Iraq to assemble and organize evidence for a war crimes trial of Saddam Hussein, administration and Iraqi officials said. A previously undisclosed directive signed by Condoleezza Rice, President Bush's national security adviser, orders the government to prepare a case against Saddam that will ultimately be run by Iraqis. The order, issued in January, gives the Justice Department authority as lead agency in the effort. The first officials in a delegation of 50 lawyers, investigators and prosecutors from Justice left for Iraq. They will be assigned to a new office, the Regime Crimes Adviser's Office, under the U.S. occupation authority. The office, which will include legal officials from other countries, will sort through tens of thousands of pages of evidence and prepare a report that will be a blueprint for Iraqi prosecutors. Cartons of documents collected by human rights organizations with evidence of atrocities by Saddam's government have been airlifted into Iraq. Saddam, under U.S. interrogation since his capture Dec. 14, has revealed little that could be used in any trial, officials have said in recent days. He has discussed few specific issues and at times comports himself as a head of state. Inevitable tension between U.S. planners and Iraqis eager to demonstrate their independence may also play a role in how that issue is handled. Salem Chalabi, the Iraqi lawyer in charge of the war crimes issue, said in a recent interview that while he understood the administration's political needs, the trials might not occur until late in the year, after the U.S. election, and that Saddam might not even be the first defendant. "We need and welcome the Americans' help and role in this," said Chalabi. "But no one should misunderstand that this will be an Iraqi process, with decisions by Iraqis." The Director of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Institute for Hajj research in Makkah Dr Ossama Al Bar has unveiled that studies to improve and develop the areas of the Jamrat in Mena have been finalized and delivered to the Authority recently formed for the development of Mena under the directives of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahd Ibn Abdul Aziz. A ship laden with frozen meat to be distributed to the poor has arrived in the Sudanese port of Sawaken with 10.000 frozen sheep on board to be distributed to the needy as part of the program implemented by the Saudi Bank for Development. Another ship is due to arrive in the Comoros Islands with 3 thousand frozen sheep in board the it will head to Tanzania where 6 thousand frozen sheep will be distributed in both Darusalam and Zanzibar. EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana called for better international cooperation in fighting terrorism and stressed the need to address the "root causes". "Cooperation between important actors in the world against terrorism is fundamental," Solana said on the first day of a two-day visit to China. "We have to fight not only the symptoms but also the causes and make an effort to stabilize countries and make this world a more freer place and also to find solutions to outstanding issues which have not been resolved...." During a press conference with Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing, Solana said that key players in the fight must step up exchanges of intelligence. "The fight against terrorism without any doubt has to be based on the exchange of information, the exchange of intelligence, the exchanges and cooperation between important actors and important countries and also cooperating on how the money that arrives to terrorist groups does not arrive," he said. Speaking just days after the deadly Madrid bombings which killed around 200 people, Solana said the attacks highlighted the importance of "political will" among European Union countries and the international community to work together. Li pledged that China would continue to play an active part in counterterrorism, but highlighted the need for the United Nations to take an important role and suggested the EU should also exert more influence. "In coming months, the EU will be enlarged to 25 states. We would like to see a bigger and constructive role played by the EU in maintaining world peace and stability and promoting common development," Li said. China has long signaled its wishes for Europe to increase its influence so as to counter dominance by the United States.. An official Iraqi delegation said Prime Minister Rafic Hariri expressed Lebanon's support for Iraqis in their quest to rebuild the country and establish a democratic system, at a meeting in Koreitem. The Iraqi delegation included Planning Minister Mahdi al-Hafedh, Finance Minister Kamel al-Kilani, Governing Council Member Naseer al-Jaderji, Deputy Public Works Minister Kamel Naseer Jaderji, and Central Bank Governor Sinan al-Shebaibi. They were accompanied by the President of the Iktissad Wal Aamal Group Raouf Abou Zaki. Minister al-Hafedh told reporters that discussions focused on the future of Iraq and Lebanon's role in reconstructing the country. He said the Prime Minister reaffirmed Lebanon's backing for Iraqis as they strive to overcome the current difficulties and regain independence. Guinea-Bissau Foreign Minister Jose Jao Monteiro said he hoped the number of Lebanese expatriates in his country would increase. He also said he had called on Prime Minister Rafik Hariri to encourage Lebanese businessmen to go to Guinea-Bissau, adding that Hariri had promised to visit the country at a time still to be fixed. Monteiro, who arrived in Beirut on an official visit, was speaking after talks with his Lebanese counterpart, Jean Obeid. They discussed ways to develop relations in the field of investment. He expressed admiration for the coexistence in Lebanon and praised its expatriates' contribution towards Guinea-Bissau's development. Obeid said he hoped relations between the two countries would develop and become deeper, pointing out that the number of Lebanese expatriates in the African state was "constantly increasing." "We hope this visit will herald additional ties between the two countries which share the same values and interests," Obeid said. French President Jacques Chirac urged increased vigilance one day after an unknown Islamist group threatened France, and said democracies would not bow to terrorist threats. "The terrorist threat calls for constant vigilance. This vigilance should be heightened in the current circumstances," Chirac told a weekly cabinet meeting, as quoted by government spokesman Jean-Francois Cope. "Faced with terrorism, our democracies must reinforce their unity, defend their values, affirm their will and show their unflinching determination," the French leader said. Khalid Pashtun, a spokesman for Kandahar governor said two people suspected to be members of the Taliban have been arrested in the south of Afghanistan as a result of an attack on a military basis. He added that Afghan forces have arrested the two people from the Taliban and took them to Kandahar for questioning during an attack by armed people in a car on a military center on the Kandahar Herat road 50 km in the north of Kandahar. Saudi Arabia's health sector is poised to expand in a big way in the next four years. Crown Prince Abdullah Ibn Abdul-Aziz, the Deputy Premier and Commander of the National Guard, has approved a plan to set up a new medical university by using the existing facilities of the King Abdul Aziz Academy for Health Services and by investing fresh capital and technology to build new colleges and faculties. "The new university with a faculty of medicine, a new nursing college and a faculty of allied health sciences will be functioning within the next three to four years," according to Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeah, the Chief Executive Officer of the National Guard Health Affairs. He was speaking at a four-day international seminar on evidence-based medicine at King Abdul Aziz Academy. The college of nursing alone is designed to accommodate 1,000 female students, which will help meet the country's current need of an estimated 100,000 qualified Saudi female and male nurses. Dr. Al-Rabeah said the Kingdom has intensified efforts to train Saudi doctors and nurses to cut the country's reliance on foreign professionals. "It is our vision to add more disciplines to the university," he said. He did not say how much the project would cost but said an SR97 million fund for nursing college and another SR50 million for the medicine faculty had been made available. "An initial annual amount of nearly SR100 million will be required to operate the university," he said. Meanwhile Dr. Tawfik Khoja, national coordinator of the GCC (Arab Gulf Cooperation Council) committee for evidence-based medicine, said the Ministry of Health plans to open 2,000 new primary health care centers across the country within the next four years. The Governor of the Central Bank of Yemen Ahmed al-Samawi received the United Nations' envoy for fighting money laundering. During the meeting the UN envoy Blazar Andrew discussed legal measures that Yemen has taken to combat money laundering. The UN official expressed readiness of the organization to present support to Yemen in this regard. Yemen is considered one of the world countries which issued law to fight such phenomenon as it set up a special unit in the Central Bank of Yemen to collect information on money laundering. |