The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, took part in the meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Member States of the Coalition Supporting the Legitimacy in Yemen. The session was held today in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, to announce the plan of comprehensive humanitarian operations in the Republic of Yemen.

The minister expressed his sincere thanks to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for hosting this important meeting on the Comprehensive Humanitarian Operations Plan in the Republic of Yemen and deeply appreciating the great role played by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, under the leadership of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, in strengthening the role of the Coalition for the Support of Legitimacy in Yemen and in providing all kinds of humanitarian assistance and facilitating its access to the Yemeni people.

He expressed appreciation to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques for depositing two billion dollars in the Central Bank of Yemen account to enhance the financial and economic situation in the Republic of Yemen.

He affirmed the keenness of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa to continue to provide various humanitarian and relief assistance to the Yemeni people in accordance with the benefits of restoring hope and continuing communication and coordination on providing technical support through training programs in the fields of banking, medical assistance and treatment of Yemeni patients in the Kingdom of Bahrain, in addition to providing possible relief through the urgent support of the assistance of the Royal Charity Foundation, noting the directives of His Majesty the King to allocate one million dollars to build an integrated health center in Yemen.

The Foreign Minister praised the efforts of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre and its humanitarian role in cooperation with the Red Crescent Societies and other humanitarian organizations in treating the wounded and supporting governmental health facilities throughout Yemen as well as providing medical equipment and medicines.

He said that the meeting of the Yemeni Coalition for Supporting the Legitimacy in Yemen, which discussed Yemen's situation and the suffering of its people due to the continued intransigence of the coup against the legitimacy in Yemen, represents an important stage in strengthening the international efforts through the humanitarian initiative to save the Yemeni people.

Shaikh Khalid reiterated the position of the Kingdom of Bahrain in support of the legitimate government led by Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi of the Republic of Yemen, and supported all measures taken by the legitimacy to extend its influence over all Yemeni lands, end the control of the externally backed coup militias and reach a comprehensive political solution based on Security Council resolution 2216, the Gulf Initiative, its executive mechanism and the outputs of the national dialogue, so as to restore peace, security and stability to the brotherly Yemen

Source: BNA