A meeting in Sana’a to discuss mechanisms of communication with the international community to cancel the decision to raise customs duties

A meeting in Sana’a discussed the effects of the decision to raise the price of customs tariffs and the role of all government agencies and the private sector in mobilizing international organizations and world public opinion to pressure towards canceling this decision targeting the Yemeni people.

The meeting, which included Ministers of Industry Abdel Wahab Al-Durra and Minister of Foreign Affairs Hisham Sharaf and Transport Amer Al-Marani, reviewed the mechanisms of communication with the United Nations, international organizations and the international community to clarify the catastrophic effects of the decision to raise the price of customs tariffs, which will cause great harm to consumers’ economies and exacerbate their suffering due to the resulting increase in costs. Goods and services are borne by the end consumer who suffers from poverty and low level of income.

The meeting, in the presence of the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Businessmen, Tawfiq Al-Khamri, touched on the pivotal role of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in communicating with countries and organizations to urgently intervene and pressure to urgently cancel this decision, given its negative effects on society and the resulting imbalances in the provision of foodstuffs, the destabilization of society and the expansion of hunger in the country. Under the aggression and siege.

The meeting stressed the importance of the international community, including the United Nations and the European Union, taking responsibility for stopping the obstacles imposed by the coalition of aggression on the various imports and goods arriving at the port of Hodeida, which is the first artery to supply more than twenty million Yemenis with food, medicine and fuel.

The meeting also stressed the importance of neutralizing the national economy and its institutions, as it is linked to the livelihood of the Yemeni people.. Pointing out the importance of the international community playing a better role to pressure the countries of the aggression coalition to lift the siege and stop targeting and destroying the national economy