Water and Environment Minister Abdul-Rahman al-Iryani returned home after a visit to the Netherlands in which he talked with Dutch officials on Dutch sanitation and water services.

In a statement to Saba, al-Iryani said that the talks with Dutch officials have included aspects of cooperation between Yemen and the Netherlands in fields of water, sanitation and environment protection.

Al-Iryani said that he had discussed with Dutch officials aids offered by the Netherlands to Yemen.

"We acquired activities of a Dutch Company that has partnership agreements signed with the local Water Corporation in Taiz city to improve fields of services and administration of the Corporation in Taiz.