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RIYADH: The Gulf Cooperation Council’s Secretary-General Jasem Al-Budaiwi received on Monday Abdulaziz Al-Mulla, the executive director of the World Bank Group, and Suhail Al-Saeed, the group’s executive director in the Kingdom, at the General Secretariat’s headquarters in Riyadh.
The parties discussed areas of cooperation between the GCC and the World Bank Group, the General Secretariat said in a statement.
They also reviewed a number of proposed initiatives and programs.
LONDON: Saudi Arabia’s Project Masam cleared 4,235 mines, unexploded ordnance and other explosive devices in a single day from Bab Al-Mandab region in southwestern Yemen, as part of its mission to protect civilians.
Osama Al-Gosaibi, the project’s director general, said it aims to rid Yemen of all mines to help ensure the highest standards of safety and security for the Yemeni people.
On Wednesday, the project’s teams destroyed 33 anti-tank mines, 31 anti-personnel mines, 86 miscellaneous shells, 2,750 assorted rounds, 1,291 breakers and valves used in devices, 12 grenades, two Katyusha rockets, a missile, 15 shell arrows, and 14 other explosive devices.
Masam’s teams are tasked with clearing villages, roads and areas around schools to facilitate the safe movement of civilians and delivery of humanitarian aid.
The project trains local people to become demining engineers, provides them with modern equipment to do the job, and also offers support to Yemenis injured by explosive devices.
