Yemen's newly-appointed Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik chaired the first meeting of his cabinet members in Aden province on Thursday, and vowed to resume oil exports from new fields in the next days.
The state-run Saba news agency reported that the prime minister said during his first ministerial meeting that his government is going to work in forthcoming period on resuming oil production, refining and exporting from new oil fields.
Most of the meeting time was devoted to reviewing plans to handle the deteriorating economic situation, improving services and reconstructing what have been damaged during the war or by natural disasters, Saba said.
The prime minister stated that the government's top priority is managing the economic challenges by bringing relative economic stability in light of the donations provided by Saudi Arabia-led coalition, according to Saba.
On Oct. 15, Abdulmalik was appointed as prime minister by Yemen's President Abdu-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, replacing his sacked predecessor Ahmed Obeid bin Daghr.
Hadi sacked Daghr over sharp economic crisis and currency slump, and referred him to investigation over "carelessness and failure" of his government.
The southern port city of Aden, where Yemen's government is temporarily based, has been suffering from frequent power outages and lack of basic services including water, leading to public anger against the local authorities.
The impoverished Arab country has been locked into a civil war since the Shiite Houthi rebels overran much of the country militarily and seized all northern provinces, including the capital Sanaa, in late 2014.
Editor:Cherie
