YEMEN TALKS WITH WB ON LAND, AIR, ROADS TRANSPORT COOPERATION

SANA'A, Oct. 24 (Saba)- Minister of Transport Khalid al-Wazir
discussed on Saturday with Head of the World Bank Transport
Committee Jan Charles, who is visiting Yemen currently, the WB
strategy in the field of land, air and roads transport in Sana'a.

The strategy memo, prepared by WB, includes a legal institutional
framework of air and land transport and the required measures to
reform the transport sector upon which to implement action plans for
long-term transport strategies.

During the meeting, they reviewed the report prepared by the "ESCWA"
over the strategy on improving traffic safety in roads in Yemen
including the proposal of forming a committee from all stakeholders
headed by the Minister of Transport to develop the strategy of road
safety.

For his part, the WB official praised measures taken by the Ministry
of Transport in the reform program of transport sector, particularly
in the field of the establishment of the general authority for
regulating road transport and the issuance of a regulating bylaw of
land outlets in Yemen and the procedures taken to reform Yemeni
Airways.

SA/AM