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EU, UNHCR officials in Yemen for refugees' issues
[The Source: SANA'A/hadharamaut.info/sabanews.net - 13/01/2011]
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres and European Commissioner for International Cooperation Kristalina Georgieva arrived on Thursday in Sana'a for a few-day official visit.
The UN's official said that the visit, which comes in collaboration with the EU, aims to show the support with Yemen in tackling the refugees' challenges. Guterres pointed out that the delegation would hold talks with Yemeni officials on a number of refugees-relating issues and the support the UN and UNHCR could present to Yemen. He thanked the Yemeni government for receiving thousands of refugees during the past years in spite of the problems Yemen is suffering from,For her part, the European Commissioner said that the delegation would evaluate the European Union's aid, about Euro 50 million, and how to be utilized to in Yemen's development.Georgieva made clear that the visit aims to get acquainted with the refugees's condition in Yemen, and to send a massage to the international community to support Yemen to handle the refugee-producing problems.
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