Almotamar.net - Sources of ministries of interior and defence revealed to almotamar.net of security measures taken lately by Yemen aimed at enhancing protection of its regional waters and fighting all forms of terror and piracy s well as smuggling. The security measures are taken along the coasts of Yemen extending from Midi in Hudeida to Al-Ghadha in Mahara governorate.

In the same context official source at coast guard authority disclosed about intensive security measures the authority has recently taken. The security measures are intended for protecting Yemeni regional waters in Aden Gulf and Bab-el-Mandab in precaution of any acts that maybe perpetrated by Somali pirates against ships nearby Yemen coasts.

The source added that hundreds of additional soldiers have been deployed beside coast guars troops in Aden Gulf. In addition, a number of gunboats equipped supplied with state of art combat equipments as well as installation of long-range radars for observation of pirates' boats in case of approaching the Yemeni regional waters.
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Meanwhile a source at the ministry of defence told almotamar.net about arrangements carried out by the defence ministry for building two military sea bases in Hadramout and Hudeida governorates to strengthen capabilities of protecting Yemeni regional waters in addition to supplying naval forces with developed technological equipments.

While saying that many foreign ships were caught during this year while fishing illegally in the Yemeni waters the source said the new arrangements come as part of a national strategy adopted by the ministries of defence and interior represented by coast guard sector so that to secure the navigation route in Aden Gulf and Bab-el-Mandab as well as fighting all forms of smuggling, piracy and terror.

Yemen is taking part in the consultative meeting of the Arab countries overlooking the Red Sea held in Cairo today. The meeting considers the phenomenon of sea piracy and armed robbery against ships offshore Somali coasts in the international waters of the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Sea.

Before leaving Sana'a on Wednesday for Cairo the Foreign Undersecretary for Arab, African and Asian Affairs , the head of the Yemeni delegation to the meeting ambassador Ali Mohammed al-Ayashi said the meeting will present a number of ideas and suggestions on the major premises of the meeting including the security, legal and economic dimensions of the piracy phenomenon.

Al-Ayashi also mentioned that the meeting called for by Egypt comes in continuation of the efforts exerted by Yemen and a number of the region's countries, pointing out that the meeting seeks to crystallize a unified Arab stand of the countries on the Red Sea to prevent transfer of the phenomenon to the Red Sea. He said the meeting would emphasise that protection of the Red Sea security is the responsibility of the countries overlooking it.