JAPAN SUPPORTS WATER PROJECTS IN YEMEN WITH $16 MLN

SANA'A, Nov.14 (Saba) - An agreement was signed here on Saturday at Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation through which Japanese government grants $16 million to Yemen for financing the rural water projects.

The agreement signed by Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Abdul Karim al-Arhabi and Charge d'affaires of Japan embassy in Sana'a includes funding and preparing a detailed design for the rural water supply project.

The project aims at providing water in 19 areas including five provinces via constructing installations of the project scheduled to be inaugurated in 2010.

Al-Arhabi praised the Japanese continuous support to the development process in Yemen, affiming Yemen's keenness on promoting the bilateral cooperation frames between Yemen and Japan.

It is worthy to mention that Japan's annual support average to Yemen amounts to $20 million dedicated for funding developmental projects in fields of water, education, agriculture, electricity and sea security.

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