A meeting at the Ministry of Transport was held on 30th July 2024, chaired by the Caretaker Deputy Prime Minister for Services and Development Affairs- Dr. Hussein Maqbouli, discussed joint projects between the Civil Aviation and Meteorology Authority and the General Corporation for Roads and Bridges in the field of air transport, which are planned to be executed during the coming period.

The meeting, which included the Minister of Transport in the caretaker government, Abdul Wahab Al-Durra, the Deputy minister of transport for the Air Transport Sector-  Abdullah Al-Ansi, the chairmen of the Civil Aviation and Meteorology Authority- Dr. Muhammad Abdulkader, the General Authority for Roads and Bridges- Engineer/ Abdul Rahman Al-Hadrami, and the Deputychairman of the Civil Aviation and Meteorology Authority-  Raed Jabal, reviewed the mechanism for executing the authority’s strategic projects of civil aviation, meteorology and its various sectors that will be executed by the Roads Corporation to develop the air transport infrastructure.

At the meeting, Dr. Maqbouli stressed on the importance of land, sea and air transport services in meeting the humanitarian needs of the Yemeni people.

He also pointed to the interest of the Revolutionary Leadership and the Supreme Political Council in the service projects for the transportation sector, given the importance of this sector in the economic development

For his part, the Minister of Transport touched on the most important projects that need support in order to be executed, indicating that the transport sector has executed self-financing projects in the field of air, land and sea transport during the past period.

He also explained that the next stage requires everyone to cooperate to support the strategic projects in the different transportation sectors.

In addition, the Civil Aviation and Meteorology Authority and the General Authority for Roads and Bridges signed a joint cooperation agreement to improve and develop the authority’s infrastructure and its various sectors, in the presence of the Caretaker Deputy Prime Minister for Services and Development Affairs, and the Minister of Transport.

The agreement, signed by the Chairman of CAMA- Dr. Muhammad Abdulkader, and the Chairman of the General Authority for Roads-  Engineer/ Abdul Rahman Al-Hadrami, included the corporation executed projects of importance in the airports' sector, most notably Sana’a International Airport, in accordance with the international specifications and requirements.

Maqbouli also stressed on the importance of the agreement in embodying the cooperation between CAMA and the Corporation in the field of construction and infrastructure development.

In the meantime,  the Minister Al-Durra indicated that the agreement will contribute to developing the infrastructure of Sana’a International Airport, which is preparing to receive all the civil flights and multiple destinations during the coming period.