Day: 4 May 2023

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived Thursday in India to take part in a ministerial meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).

The top SCO diplomats will discuss the agenda of the upcoming meeting of the SCO heads of state due in New Delhi on July 3-4, (TASS) news agency reported.

Along with the participation in the ministerial meeting, Lavrov is expected to hold a number of bilateral meeting, in particular with his counterparts from India, Pakistan, and China, TASS said.

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization is a Eurasian international political, economic, security organization established on June 15, 2001 in Shanghai, by the leaders of China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. In June 2017, India and Pakistan officially joined SCO as full-members.

Source: Qatar News Agency

Nine Palestinians were injured, while dozens others suffocated by toxic gas during confrontations with the Israeli occupation forces in the towns of Beit Rima and Nabi Saleh, northwest of the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah.

According Palestinian news agency (WAFA), large units of the Israeli occupation forces raided the said towns late at night, sparking confrontations which resulted in injuring six Palestinians by live bullets in the lower body parts.

Dozens of Palestinians suffered from suffocation due to inhaling the tear gas bombs fired at them by the occupation soldiers around the houses, WAFA added.

Local sources reported that the Israeli forces deliberately set a vehicle owned by a Palestinian resident on fire after targeting it with several gas bombs, and several properties were damaged.

Meanwhile, three Palestinians were injured by Israeli gunfire during confrontations in Nabi Saleh town at dawn Thursday.

Source: Qatar News Agency

The southern provinces governors affirmed their support for the people of their provinces who oppose the occupation and boycott the Southern Consultative Conference, which was called for by some of the puppet components under the directives of the aggression coalition against Yemen.

A statement issued by the governors, a copy of which was received by the Yemeni News Agency (Saba), indicated that the consultative conference did not aim to stop the aggression, lift the siege, remove the occupiers from Yemen and build a modern state based on justice and equality and outside of foreign tutelage.

The statement pointed out that all past experiences and the multiplicity of consultative meetings of parties and other components with their various names, which led to disunity and diaspora and the dominance of certain forces over their outputs, were mostly not in favor of the people of the country, but rather in favor of its enemies.

The statement stressed the emphasis on the unity of the people of the south in general, which leads to the service of the Yemeni homeland, south and north, and not subordination to the aggression forces.

The governors said, “We trust our free sons, men and women, in the occupied southern provinces, and that their obsession is first and foremost with removing the occupier from their lands, achieving independence, and building a unified Yemen on sound religious foundations without any dictates from outside.”

They renewed the call to their brothers and sons, not to be drawn into suspicious calls that are in favor of aggression or in favor of certain regions or parties without others, stressing that they are with the unity of the word and the position that serves the south in particular and Yemen in general.

Source: Yemen News Agency

The Supreme Authority for Medicines and Medical Supplies destroyed today, Thursday,60 tons of smuggled, non-conforming and counterfeit medicines.

During the destruction process, the Deputy Minister of Public Health and Population, Dr. Mutahar Al-Marouni, confirmed that the destruction comes within the framework of combating drug smuggling and the continuation of control efforts to seize expired, non-conforming and counterfeit medicines.

He praised the efforts of the Supreme Authority for Medicines in the process of follow-up, control of markets and control of such medicines, stressing the continuation of the Ministry of Health represented by the Supreme Authority for Medicines in monitoring the drug market through its field committees, whether in pharmaceutical facilities or at security points.

Dr. Al-Marouni expressed his hope that drug importers would coordinate with the Supreme Authority for Medicines and commit to importing quality medicines, appropriate prices, conformity to specifications and standards.

For his part, the head of the Supreme Authority for Medicines and Medical Supplies, Dr. Ali Abbas, stated that 60 tons of smuggled, non-conforming, counterfeit and expired medicines were destroyed, stressing that these medicines were seized by the authority’s field committees for the control of pharmaceutical facilities and the drug market, as well as at security points.

Dr. Abbas praised the role of the security services in seizing smuggled and counterfeit medicines at various ports and security points, as well as the authority’s field committees.

The head of the authority called on citizens and pharmacists to report any expired, smuggled or counterfeit medicines that do not conform to specifications and standards in order to preserve the safety of citizens.

He also affirmed that the authority continues to implement campaigns and field visits to control drug wholesalers to verify permits, search for and confiscate smuggled and infringing drugs, as well as verify the storage conditions of medicines.

During the destruction process, in the presence of representatives of the Public Prosecution Office of Industry, Commerce and Environmental Health, Adel Al-Haddad and Bassam Al-Akhali, The Director of the Control Department at the Supreme Authority for Medicines, Dr. Omar Al-Junaid, referred to the Authority’s efforts to provide safe and quality medicine, stop smuggling operations, and prevent the entry of any unsafe medicine to market.

He stressed that the authority’s field monitoring committees confiscate any smuggled, unknown-origin drugs and take legal measures against violators, and refer them to the competent authorities.

Source: Yemen News Agency

A member of the Supreme Political Council, Ahmed Ghaleb Al-Rahwi, praised the efforts of the Ministry of Health, represented by the Yemeni Council for Medical Specialties, in conducting examinations in the specific medical specialties that the country needs, especially in light of the continued aggression and siege.

Al-Rahwi stressed, during his review, today, of the conduct of the exceptional examination for Arab Fellowship in the emergency specialty and radiology organized by the Council, the importance of the examinations that are conducted via the Internet in conjunction with a number of Arab countries.

He stressed that taking the exams in Yemen represents a success in light of the continued aggression and blockade, as the student can take the exam in Sana’a instead of the hardship and exorbitant costs as a result of traveling abroad.

He said, “The scientific and research activity that Yemen is witnessing recently indicates the keenness of the Yemeni people to keep pace with scientific development and everything new, whether in the medical field or otherwise.”

For his part, the Deputy Minister of Public Health and Population, Dr. Mutahar Al-Marouni, indicated the ministry’s keenness, through the Yemeni Council for Medical Specialties, to provide the health sector with qualified cadres specialized in various medical specialties in various provinces.

He pointed out that the examination center in Sana’a ranked first in terms of technical equipment and preparation for exams, noting that Yemeni students won the first ranks in the study of the Arab Board fellowship in many medical specialties.

Source: Yemen News Agency

The Secretary-General of the Supreme Council for the Management and Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and International Cooperation (SCMCHA) , Ibrahim Al-Hamli, met today ,Thursday, with the Director of Neighborhood and Middle East Operations in the European Union for Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid, Andreas Papaconstantinou.

The meeting touched on the cooperation relations between Yemen and the European Union in the humanitarian aspect in light of the worst humanitarian crisis in the world that Yemen is experiencing, as a result of the continued aggression, blockade, and the mechanisms for providing aid in accordance with humanitarian standards, and according to the priorities of actual need in the field.

In the meeting, the Secretary-General of the Supreme Council welcomed the delegation of the European Union for civil protection and humanitarian aid, praising the efforts of the European Union, in an attempt to alleviate the Yemeni people’s suffering.

He stressed the importance of joint coordination with the Humanitarian Affairs Council, in order to achieve the benefit of providing aid and alleviating the amount of human suffering caused by the aggression coalition against Yemen, indicating that the Council is keen on delivering humanitarian aid to those most in need.

Al-Hamli stressed the need to avoid some shortcomings, focus projects on serving beneficiaries, and reduce the high operating budget that is spent as operating expenses at the expense of beneficiaries in the field, pointing to the importance of localizing humanitarian work.

He pointed to the need to implement development and humanitarian projects in the areas most in need, according to the priorities of need, in a way that contributes to alleviating human suffering, pointing to the importance of implementing development and service projects in parallel with the implementation of humanitarian and relief projects, which would improve the humanitarian and economic conditions in Yemen.

Al-Hamli said that the Council is working hard to facilitate the work of humanitarian action partners in Yemen, in accordance with the standards of humanitarian work, and in line with the laws, principles and values of Yemeni society, and provides a real useful and valuable service to beneficiaries that serve humanitarian work in Yemen.

For his part, Papaconstantinou praised the positive efforts made by the Supreme Council for the Management and Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in facilitating the tasks of humanitarian action partners in Yemen.

He stressed that the European Union is committed to continuing supporting Yemen, to provide greater support for Yemen to implement development, service and humanitarian projects in accordance with the standards, commitments of humanitarian action, and to respect the laws, principles and values of Yemeni society.

Source: Yemen News Agency