UAE pledges $1 billion investment in electricity for govt-controlled Yemen
AFP | Aden
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The United Arab Emirates said on Wednesday it would invest $1 billion in the electricity infrastructure of government-held Yemen, which has been devastated by civil war.
On a visit to Aden, where the internationally recognised government is based, Emirati ambassador Mohammed Hamad al-Zaabi announced his country had “allocated $1 billion to build power plants” including solar, wind and oil-fired power stations.
Yemen’s Prime Minister Salem ben Brik, speaking at the same energy forum where Zaabi made his comments, confirmed his government had “obtained strategic support from the UAE” for the energy sector amounting to $1 billion.
Separately, Ali Alshimmari, the head of the Abu Dhabi-based company Global South Utilities, also announced “a set of projects worth $1 billion”.
He made his comments on a channel affiliated with the Southern Transitional Council (STC), the political arm of a separatist group backed by the UAE.
Alshimmari said the aim of the investment was “not only production but also transport and distribution”
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