Saudi Arabia carries out $8.14m relief projects in Tajikistan

KSRelief continues to provide aid and relief projects across the world. (SPA)
Updated 05 October 2018
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Saudi Arabia carries out $8.14m relief projects in Tajikistan

  • The $1.79 million project consists of a three-story building, a basement for 40 personnel, meeting rooms, specially equipped teaching rooms
  • Al-Rabeeah also inaugurated a project of Panj and Jobkije rivers to prevent the flooding of villages and agricultural land in the Hamdoni area in the Khatlon district of Tajikistan

JEDDAH: Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah, general supervisor of the King Salman Center for Relief and Humanitarian Aid (KSRelief), inaugurated the building project of the Committee for Emergency Situations and Civil Defense (CoES)’s republican education and training center in the Tajik capital of Dushanbe.

The $1.79 million project consists of a three-story building, a basement for 40 personnel, meeting rooms, specially equipped teaching rooms, a library, archive, laboratory, sports hall, restaurant, employee offices and hotel. The building has been equipped with state-of-the-art technologies and equipment, appliances and furniture.

“KSRelief has carried out several projects in 42 countries during the last three years, among which are the projects implemented in Tajikistan to prevent the occurrence and recurrence of floods,” Al-Rabeeah said.

Al-Rabeeah also inaugurated a project of Panj and Jobkije rivers to prevent the flooding of villages and agricultural land in the Hamdoni area in the Khatlon district of Tajikistan.

The $6.35 million project is to protect villages near the Panj River in the Hamdoni area affected by floods, causing significant economic and humanitarian losses. 

The project also contributes to the protection of more than 135,000 people and more than 14,656 hectares of land, and 20 kilometers on the banks of the river on the Tajik side.

The project also increases the chances of the population to secure jobs in sustainable agricultural development and water resource management, and has been implemented by six contracting companies in coordination with Tajikistan Land Reclamation and Irrigation Agency.


Saudi Cabinet hopes UAE forces will withdraw within 24 hours in accordance with Yemeni request

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman chairs Tuesday’s Cabinet session. (SPA)
Updated 30 December 2025
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Saudi Cabinet hopes UAE forces will withdraw within 24 hours in accordance with Yemeni request

  • Cabinet said it hoped the UAE will cease any military or financial support to the STC and any other party within Yemen

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Cabinet, chaired by King Salman, on Tuesday expressed hope that Emirati forces will withdraw from Yemen within 24 hours in accordance with a Yemeni request, Saudi Press Agency reported.

The Cabinet also said it hoped the UAE will cease any military or financial support to the Southern Transitional Council and any other party within Yemen, SPA added.

The Cabinet said it also hoped that the UAE will take the necessary steps to preserve Saudi-Emirati relations which the Kingdom is keen to strengthen, and said it looks forward to working together toward everything that will enhance the prosperity and stability of countries of the region.

The Cabinet expressed its regret over the outcome of de-escalation efforts that the Kingdom has been keen to pursue, which have been met with an unjustified escalation that contradicts the principles upon which the Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen was founded, undermines its efforts to achieve security and stability in Yemen, and is inconsistent with all the promises the Kingdom received from the UAE.

The Cabinet appreciates the role of the Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen in protecting civilians in the governorates of Hadramaut and Al-Mahra in response to the request of the President of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council Rashad Al-Alimi, and in reducing escalation in order to achieve security and stability and preventing the expansion of the conflict.

The Cabinet reaffirmed that the Kingdom will not hesitate to take necessary steps and measures to confront any infringement or threat to its national security, and its commitment to the security, stability and sovereignty of Yemen, and its full support for Al-Alimi and his government.

In other regional affairs, the Cabinet reaffirmed the Kingdom’s support for the sovereignty, territorial integrity and safety of Somalia, and rejects the declaration of mutual recognition between Israel and Somaliland as it enshrines unilateral separatist measures that violate international law.