600-businessman delegation to visit Mukalla [Archives:2006/946/Local News]

By: Saeed Al-Batati
HADRAMOUT, May 13 ) A 600-businessmen delegation headed by Saudi Deputy Prime Minister and Crown Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz is due to pay a visit to the Yemeni city of Mukalla in the days to come, a reliable source in Saudi Arabia told the Yemen Times.

Upon its arrival in Yemen, the Saudi team is to stay in Hodeida to participate in the 16th Anniversary of Yemen's Re-unification before heading for Mukalla. The visiting team is expected to sign with the Yemeni side many agreements on trade cooperation, customs tariffs and other matters of mutual concern.

The parties concerned make arrangements for a celebration to be held on June 1 to mark the arrival of the Saudi delegation, and around one thousand T. shirts displaying photos of President Saleh, Custodian of the Two Holy Shrines and Prince Sultan have been distributed among locals. The celebration will be sponsored by Sheikh Abdullah Ahmad Bagshan who belongs to a Hadrami origin.

The same source added the visit is to conclude with laying the foundation stone of the biggest teaching hospital in the republic due to be connected with Riyadh's Specialized Hospital at a cost of 30 million dollars, offered in support from Saudi businessmen of Yemeni origins. The Hospital will carry the name of Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz.

“The delegation is the fruit of Prince Sultan's recurring calls on Saudi businessmen to invest in Yemen and Sheikh's Bagshan coordination,” the source added.

According to the source, the visit is to see inaugurating Mukalla Cement Factory and the Tomato Canning Factory in Sayoun, aimed at gravitating investors toward the agricultural sector in Hadramout governorate, which has the largest fertile area in the country.

Several activities are currently staged in Mukalla such as cleaning of streets and furnishing the Republican Palace and hotels to receive the Saudi businessmen.
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