Governor of Aden Lamlas: Aden must become a source of safety and reassurance
English - Monday 28 September 2020 الساعة 05:29 pm
Aden, NewsYemen:
A meeting chaired by the governor of the capital Aden, Ahmed Hamed Lamlas, with the leadership of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry and businessmen decided to bring together the Gulf of Aden Ports Corporation, the administration of the free zone, customs, taxes, the security belt, state lands and real estate, and the Office of Trade and Industry.
Lamlas said in the meeting that was held today in the capital: “Together, we want to send a message to the world that Aden is an appropriate environment for doing business, a suitable environment for investment, and a source of safety and reassurance for investors.”
In the official news about the meeting, the Secretary General of the Transitional Council, the governor of the capital, stressed the importance of the relationship between the Chamber of Commerce and the local authority, at this exceptional stage, he said.
Ahmed Hamed added, "For us, you are an advisory council, through which we can evaluate our work and use it to solve and develop solutions to many problems, especially economic ones."
The meeting listened to Sheikh Abu Bakr Baabid, Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce in the capital, Aden, and a number of businessmen who spoke about the most prominent issues hindering the investment process, which was the reason for impeding the rotation of the national economy, the most important of which are: “Customs duties in the port of Aden, and the high prices of transport, handling and levies. "Illegal at checkpoints, and the problem of land."
Ahmed Hamed added, "For us, you are an advisory council, through which we can evaluate our work and use it to solve and develop solutions to many problems, especially economic ones."
Sheikh Abu Bakr Baabid, head of the Chamber of Commerce in the capital, Aden, and a number of businessmen also spoke at the meeting about the most prominent issues hindering the investment process, which has hindered the rotation of the wheel of the national economy, the most important of which are: “customs duties in the port of Aden, high transport and handling prices, illegal levies at checkpoints, and the problem of lands.”
