Prime Minister Abdulaziz bin Habtoor on Monday affirmed that the country's leadership and its various institutions support every effort made in the service of development and are keen to grant investors the facilities designated for them in implementing their projects in various promising sectors.
This came during his participation in the third session of the investment forum held by the General Authority for Investment, which was devoted to reviewing promising investment opportunities in the maritime, land and air transport sector and the quality of the projects currently available with identification of their locations and economic feasibility.
In his response to the inquiries by the Chairman of the General Investment Authority, Yasser Al-Mansour, who run the forum discussions, the premier stated that the transport sector is one of the vital sectors and the engine of the economic cycle and lifeline, and therefore the importance of investing in it increases in order for it to be a helper for the development wheel.
Bin Habtoor pointed out that the directives of the President of the Supreme Political Council require that everyone turn to development work, especially in the current conditions that Yemen is going through in light of the aggression and siege, with the presence of many obstacles to the development process, in the forefront of which is the continued closure of Hodeida port and Sana'a airport.
He said, "The government is aware of the types of challenges and problems faced by investors, and therefore works to provide natural climates that should be present to serve the investment process."
He added, "The General Authority for Investment is making a good effort and is carrying out a number of activities that are trying to present investment opportunities clearly to investors."
Bin Habtoor pointed out that the government has a clear tendency to work jointly with the private sector and consolidate aspects of partnership with it as the backup in achieving development in light of these conditions, including that work to address bureaucratic problems.
The Prime Minister stated that among the problems faced by the investor is the incorrect interpretation of the text by some employees and sometimes the effort to create more complications rather than facilitating and simplifying procedures, which contradicts the state's tendency to facilitate and simplify procedures.
In the context of his response to inquiries, he condemned the decision of the government loyal to the aggressors to raise the price of the customs dollar in the ports under occupation, primarily the ports of Aden and Mukalla, to 750 YER, and its disastrous repercussions on the citizen.
Dr. Bin Habtoor concluded his interventions by emphasizing the government's readiness to deal responsibly with and discuss the outcomes of the sessions of the Investment Forum, and to raise any procedures that need to be submitted to the higher authorities.
Source: Yemen News Agency