News - Yemen: Yemen’s Prime Minister Dr. Abdulaziz Saleh bin Habtoor received on Sunday the Director of Operations of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Geneva Martin Schüepp, who is currently visiting Yemen.

During the meeting, they discussed a number of topics related to the ICRC's activities and humanitarian projects in various fields and its future directions. In addition to ways to enhance its role in the field of prisoner exchange and support the rehabilitation and reform department.

They discussed the priorities of humanitarian support during the current period in a number of areas, especially public health, population and education.

They also touched on the prisoners' aspect in light of the positive effort of the ICRC in this aspect, which receives the attention and follow-up of the revolutionary leadership, the Supreme Political Council and the government, in addition to its humanitarian contribution to the illegal immigration.

Dr. Bin Habtoor pointed out that the countries involved in aggression are using their material, diplomatic and media capabilities to continue the war on Yemen and impoverish its people through its suffocating siege, plundering the wealth of the Yemeni people, and using their revenues in this eight-year war.

He touched on the importance of the role of the ICRC in communicating these facts to the whole world.

Meanwhile, the Director of Operations of ICRC in Geneva stressed that Yemen is a priority for the International Red Cross and its humanitarian projects at the global level.

Saudi Arabia, backed by the United States and regional allies, launched the war on Yemen in March 2015, with the claim of bringing the government of former Yemeni president Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi back to power.

The war has left hundreds of thousands of Yemenis dead, and displaced millions more. It has also destroyed Yemen’s infrastructure and spread famine and infectious diseases there.

The war has killed hundreds of thousands of Yemenis and spawned the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.

The economic war waged by the countries of the coalition of aggression against the Yemeni people has caused a rise in the prices of basic foodstuffs and social services, which has led to an increase in poverty and the risk of starvation for millions of people.