Yemeni official meets world food programme country director

Charge d'affaires of the Yemeni embassy in RiyadhMohammed Othman has met with the World Food Programme (WFP) YemenRepresentative and Country Director Bishow Parajuli.The meeting emphasized the joint action to prop up efforts exerted by thegovernment to improve food security and flexibility among the most vulnerablecommunities in Yemen, especially refugees from the Horn of Africa and thedisplaced people as a result of conflicts and poverty.The two officials also talked over coordinating the efforts between the embassy andthe WFP to support the WFP's efforts to carry out its humanitarian activities inYemen.The visit of the WFP Yemen representative to Saudi Arabia is within a tour aims torally the support to finance the program's activities in Yemen.It is scheduled that the tour would include the United Arab Emirates, Japan, Germanyand the United States.