Yemen & Egypt at threshold of more developed cooperation [Archives:2006/917/Business & Economy]

Yemen Times Staff
Preparations are underway for meetings of the sixth session of the Yemeni-Egyptian Joint Higher Committee March 1 and 2 in Sana'a. Meetings will be co-chaired by Yemeni Prime Minister Abdulqader Bajammal and his Egyptian counterpart, Dr. Ahmed Nadhif.

Sources close to the committee said the two-day meetings will discuss more than 20 drafts of cooperation agreements, protocols, memoranda of understanding and executive programs. They include trade and economy, information, judiciary, roads, housing, youth and sport, media, scientific and technical research, water resources and irrigation areas.

Sources mentioned that arrangements to convene the committee were the focus and topic of a Jan. 25 meeting between Yemen's Minister of Industry and Trade, Dr. Khalid Rajih Sheikh, and Egyptian ambassador to Yemen, Dr. Mohammed Badrudin. During the meeting, both Yemeni and Egyptian officials discussed preparation stages for successful committee meetings guaranteeing positive results for enhanced relations between the two countries.

Trade sources said there are meeting preparations for ad hoc committees Feb. 25 and 26 in Sana'a followed by a ministerial preparatory committee meeting Feb. 27 and 28, also in Sana'a. The ministerial committee meeting will be chaired by Rajih Sheikh representing the Yemeni side and Dr. Faiza Abulnaja, Minister of International Cooperation on the Egyptian side. The sources added that political, economic, technical and cultural committees also will meet, as well as two consular and cooperation and drafting committees.
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