Russian companies will to invest in Yemen

Saba
SANA’A, July 08 (Saba) – Well-informed sources said on Thursday that a number of major companies in Russia have voiced their will to invest in Yemen in various areas.The weekly 26 September cited the sources as saying that Russian energy, electricity and gas companies expressed, during the last visit of President Ali Abdullah Saleh to Moscow, their desire to establish strategic economic projects availing from the great facilities the government gives to the foreign capitals in Yemen.Several Russian investment delegations are to pay visits to Yemen to get acquainted with the environment investment in the country and to study the available opportunities in different sectors.It is worth to mention that a Russian oil company announced last week its desire to buy U.S.-based Hunt Oil’s stake in Yemen’s Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project.AF/AF