Governmental official: The campaign against the UAE is malicious and its presence in Socotra is humanitari
English - Monday 31 May 2021 الساعة 11:57 am
NewsYemen, Al Ain News:
A prominent government official in the Yemeni governorate of Socotra Archipelago considered the media campaigns against the UAE following its development and humanitarian activities as "malicious and with political agendas."
The Director General of the General Authority for Environmental Protection in the Governorate of Socotra Archipelago, Salem Hawash Ahmed, refuted the pivotal and humanitarian role of the UAE in the Yemeni archipelago, which is classified in the largest of the Arab islands and is located on the Indian Ocean.
The Yemeni official emphasized that there is no truth to any allegations regarding the malicious campaigns targeting the UAE in Socotra, which does not have more than one worker in the humanitarian, relief, economic and tourism fields.
He pointed out that Socotra enjoys security and safety, and all the leaders in the local authority or the security and military agencies are Socotra and from the province, and this gave it relatively stability and remained isolated from the conflict from the various governorates of Yemen.
Hawash said that the UAE played an important role in all fields on the island of Socotra and is not limited to tourism, although it was the most prominent one that received unlimited Emirati support, pointing to its support for various government facilities, including public security, with modern security patrols.
He explained that there is an unprecedented tourism improvement, and the Emirati support played the most prominent role in its revitalization, due to the generosity, morals and ties of kinship shown by the residents of Socotra and the deep historical family and fraternal relations since ancient times.
The senior government official revealed that there are more than 20 thousand Yemenis from Socotra Island living in all Emirati cities, including Sharjah, Abu Dhabi and Dubai, expressing his thanks to the leadership, government and people of the Emirates.
Hawash described the UAE’s support for the people of Socotra as “unlimited,” pointing out that its support is only the General Environment Branch in Socotra, which undertakes with all capabilities, including building a building and supporting an electrical network and water by nearly 40 million, after we lacked the most basic components, especially after the building was severely damaged After hurricanes in past years.
The central Emirati support is evident in the provision of electricity to every home and village, free of charge, around the clock.
According to the Yemeni official, there are more than 20 thousand families dependent on the financial and relief support of the UAE from the residents of the governorate, and they receive this monthly and regularly through the humanitarian arms of the Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation for Humanitarian Work or the UAE Red Crescent.
Hygienically, the UAE has built many hospitals and medical facilities, most notably Khalifa Hospital, which is considered a medical city and not a normal hospital, as well as the transfer of critical cases for free treatment in Emirati hospitals and ensuring their full care with their companions.
Developmentally, the UAE rebuilt the main airport of Socotra according to the highest modern international standards to be able to receive any tourist or commercial flights from any country, and it has already turned into a gateway for development and tourism in Socotra.
The main port was also expanded to receive more than 7 to 10 large ships at one time, after it used to receive only one ship.
Residential, the Emirates constructed Madinat Zayed 1 and Madinat Zayed 2 in the southern region of the island, and another city and buildings were constructed for widows in Hadibo, the capital of the governorate.
In addition, monthly food and financial aid was approved for poor and needy families on a regular basis according to a survey of all residents of the governorate, as well as periodic fuel subsidies, which was what the archipelago was suffering from throughout the years of the war and remained isolated from Yemeni mainland.
In his speech to Al-Ain Al-Akhbariya, he said that there are remote residential villages that lack water and suffer severely from the water crisis, and artesian wells have been drilled in the west, north, south and east of the Socotra archipelago, as well as a water project that feeds all western regions and the construction of cement tanks for many rugged areas.
Many roads were built, including roads that were destroyed by hurricanes and rain, and many cities and villages were isolated from each other.
In education, more than 40 students were sent to receive education in Cairo at the expense of the UAE, and another 40 students, half of them females, received scholarships in Emirati universities as well as the construction of many educational schools.
In addition, an educational college with all its capabilities and an institute to teach English have been built, and it has taken care to pay monthly salaries for more than 250 teachers who are contracted by the "Khalifa Humanitarian Foundation," according to the Yemeni official.
