SANA'A, Sep. 22 (Saba) - Yemen and Eritrea discussed here on Saturday the
organization and security conditions of fishermen and the possible means to
address them.
Interior Minister Abdul-Qader Qahtan reviewed with Eritrean ambassador to
Yemen Musa Yasin situations of the Yemeni and Eritrean fishermen and the
traditional fishing.
They also discussed the security coordination between Yemen and Eritrea as
well as the conditions of the Eritrean community in the country.
The minister reviewed burdens and difficulties the government suffered from
due to the illegal immigration from the Horn of Africa to the Yemeni coasts,
expressing Ministry' willingness to provide more facilities for the Eritrean
community and to make the arrangements to expel the illegal immigrant
Eritrean to their country.
The Eritrean ambassador valued the Interior Ministry's facilities to the
Eritrean community and illegal immigrants as well, voicing his government's
readiness to work to strengthen the bilateral relations, especially with
regard to the communities' affairs and traditional fishing regulation in the
Red Sea.
