Yemeni leader thanks Saudi Arabia for ongoing support of reform program

Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council Chairman Rashad Al-Alimi expressed his sincere gratitude for the generous and ongoing support from Saudi Arabia for Yemen’s government reform program. He highlighted the Kingdom’s backing for the national budget, support for regular salary payments, improvements to basic services, and funding for development and humanitarian projects across various sectors.

Al-Alimi described the partnership with Saudi Arabia as a model for using support to drive reforms, stability, and institutional recovery. He instructed the Ministry of Planning to build on this approach, strengthen trust with donors and regional and international partners, and encourage them to expand their targeted interventions to help the state better meet its obligations to citizens.

According to Yemen’s Saba news agency, Al-Alimi stressed the importance of shifting from emergency needs management to planning for recovery and reconstruction, identifying priority projects, and focusing on community resilience—especially in education, health, water, electricity, food security, livelihoods, and essential infrastructure.

The Yemeni leader also called for special attention to international and humanitarian organizations operating from the interim capital, Aden, and for facilitating their work in coordination with the prime minister’s office, local authorities, and relevant agencies. He urged efforts to resolve any administrative or procedural challenges facing these organizations to ensure aid reaches those in need across all provinces.

Al-Alimi further urged that displaced persons and those most affected by the war remain a top priority for international cooperation. He called for improved basic services in host areas and for linking humanitarian aid to more sustainable programs in education, health, employment, and livelihoods, while also preparing conditions for the voluntary, safe, and dignified return of displaced people as soon as possible.

He also emphasized the need to develop a national database for projects, needs, and international funding, to help the government identify gaps, improve resource allocation, and measure the real impact of development and humanitarian interventions on citizens’ lives and state institutions.

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