The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Dr. Shaya Zindani met today, Friday, in Baghdad, with the Special Envoy of the Russian President for the Middle East and Africa, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov.
The gross domestic product (GDP) in the Eurozone and the European Union (EU) registered a growth of 0.3 percent during the first quarter of the current year compared to the previous quarter.
Secretary General of Local Council in Abyan province Muhdi Al-Hamid met Sunday with the Director of the UNDP in Aden Sullivan Merlin and the technical expert in the Demining Project Steve Robinson.
Al-Hamid's conversations with the UNDP's officials focused on the programs aiming to remove landmines in the districts of Abyan province.
Al-Hamid appreciated the UN's efforts aiming to demine several towns and villages where Houthi rebel militiamen planted numerous landmines that have continued to claims the lives of innocent peoples.
The UNDP's official stated that demining efforts are underway in several areas of Abyan, particularly in Zunjabar and Lauder where four teamwork have been surveying the targeted areas. Moreover, awareness-raising, capacity building and working out an overall map about the landmines areas.