Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al-Rabiah, Advisor at the Royal Court and General Supervisor of King Salman Center for Humanitarian Relief and Aid, said that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has paid great attention to the humanitarian situation in Yemen through the Center, pointing out that the Center's programs reach all governorates of Yemen, even in the areas controlled by the Houthis such as Saada, Hajja, Amran and Sana'a. The Kingdom, as he said, also took care of the humanitarian situation in Syria, Iraq, Somalia and all the affected countries as the Kingdom through the Center provided aids to the 37 countries with amounts exceeded $719 million. This came during a press conference held here yesterday at the headquarters of the Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the European Union in Geneva with presence of the Saudi ambassador to the European Headquarters and Permanent Representative of the Kingdom to the United Nations and other international organizations Dr. Abdulaziz bin Mohammed Al-Wasel. Dr. Al-Rabiah reviewed the vision of the Center and its commitment to international humanitarian law and full neutrality in which it operates as well as working mechanisms with the United Nations organizations and other international organizations. He said that the number of projects in Yemen reached 124 in various fields including relief, humanitarian and shelter assistance, environmental sanitation programs, agricultural and water support programs in a professional manner. Dr. Al-Rabiah said the center reached all parts of Yemen through 81 partner international and local, focusing on projects of children and women and to support the Yemeni refugees in Djibouti and Somalia. In his reply to reporters, Dr. Al-Rabiah stressed that the Kingdom hosts a total of 895,175 refugees who are treated as visitors, including 603,833 Yemenis and 291,342 Syrians representing 4.5% of the Kingdom's population, stressing that it is difficult to deliver humanitarian aid through the port of Hodeidah which is controlled by the Houthi armed militias seeking to prevent and seize humanitarian aid and impose financial fees in order to receive financial gain for military purposes. --More 12:59 LOCAL TIME 09:59 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/1621781
