(MENAFN) To deliver food aid through the port of Hodeidah, which is held by Houthi fighters allied to Iran, the International Committee of the Red Cross thinks about sending a test shipment of rice to Yemen this month in its first try since February.
In addition, "A certain number of maritime companies are starting to use Hodeidah port," ICRC spokeswoman Iolanda Jaquemet said. "We are going to test the waters, so to speak, and send a cargo of rice from Pakistan."
Moreover, Colonel Turki al-Maliki said in a statement, "It will lift its capacity and help lift the suffering from the Yemeni people by ensuring that revenues go to the legitimate government through the central bank to spend on salaries of Yemenis."
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