Saudi aid agency assesses Socotra’s humanitarian needs

KSRelief assesses Socotra’s critical needs. (SPA)
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  • Al-Saqtri praised the role of Saudi Arabia's leadership in its humanitarian and development intervention in the governorate through the center

RIYADH: A team from the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center assessed the basic humanitarian needs of people living in Yemen’s Socotra Archipelago.

The team supervised the arrival of the center’s aid to the governorate and coordinated with authorities to ensure it reached beneficiaries in various regions, the Saudi Press Agency reported.

The team met the undersecretary of Socotra Governorate, Brigadier General Saleh Saad Al-Saqtri; the director-general of social affairs and labor, Abdul Alim Ahmed Ghanem; and the director-general of the Ministry of Health Office, Abdul Hafez Qaihan.

They discussed the governorate’s many basic needs in the current situation in various sectors, as well as food aid targeting families in need.

Al-Saqtri praised the role of Saudi Arabia's leadership in its humanitarian and development intervention in the governorate through the center and the office of the Saudi Development and Reconstruction Program for Yemen.

He said: “The local authorities will overcome all the difficulties faced by the brothers.”

He also thanked the Saudi leadership for the total assistance provided to Yemen.