Finance Minister Salem bin Brik, and the Governor of the Central Bank of Yemen, Ahmed Al -Ma'bi, discussed today, in the American capital, Washington, with the head of the International Monetary Fund mission to Yemen, Estr Perez Ruiz, the latest developments in the economic and humanitarian conditions.

The meeting, which comes within the participation of the Yemeni delegation in the spring meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund for the current year 2025 AD, touched on the great challenges facing financial, monetary and financial policies in light of the continued sharp decline in the state's general revenues, due to the stopping of crude oil production and the increasing demand for foreign currency to cover the bill to import goods, and the negative effects of that.

The meeting also focused on the mechanisms of the government dealing with the decision of the American administration, issued in late January, regarding the Houthi terrorist militia classification supported by the Iranian regime as a "foreign terrorist organization".

In the context, it started in Washington today, a 3 -day workshop, with the participation of the Minister of Finance, the Governor of the Central Bank of Yemen, and the head of the International Monetary Fund mission to Yemen, on the consultations of the fourth article aimed at enhancing economic and financial stability, the latest developments and financial and monetary policies, the debt of Yemen, and the needs of technical support in Yemen, in light of the goals and priorities of the economic recovery plan in Yemen.

The meeting and workshop were attended by Prime Minister Advisor, Ambassador Mujib Othman, the Deputy Ambassador of Yemen to the United States of America, Imad Bamatraf, and a number of agents of the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank.