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Laporan: Dari Kedutrar BesarRI di SANA'A 1. Hadan.yemenOlserveriianooal17 November2007, paclahalamanpenama menyajikanartikel be4ldul 9240 mi[ion in g'anb anA toans hr yemen yang membedtakanbahsrapertemuen,he Saud-yefieni Coorditatjon Councitielai menandalangani perselujuatd'Riydft b.gi enrE]tbuahpinjamansenilaiUS$240 juta untuksejurilahpro!'ekdibidangkesehatan, energidanpendidikan-pelalihan. 2. Proyekitu adalahpembangunan rumahsakit dan puset pengobatan penyakl kankerdilingkungan yangbedokesidiMukallasenitaiUs$ Univorsitas Hadramoui 32.iuta;peobangiinanpembanOkit tidriklen€a gas di Marebsenila'US$ 1OO jda; banluanbagisejuntahhsttd teknikdan plsat pelatihan(semacam BLK) senilaiUS$ 50 juta; seta, rehabilitEirumahsakitdi Aden dan pembangunan pusarpengobelan penyaktjant|lngsenilaius5 18jda. selainitu,dilandalangani pinjamans€nilaiUS$ ,r2 jula yangterdiridari USS30 iuta bagi peoyete;ian rumahsakitpusaldi flodeidshdan US3 12juta bagi pendirianSe{otih K;sehatan dan Pengobatandi Univ€rsitasTaiz 3 Sebagaimana dikelahl.Ji.the Saudi-yeironi C6dinatr'o,,Cou,d,diketuaibeasama olehDepdi PM A€b Saudi,Pangerdn Srultan Bin /Abdutazjz dan pM yaman,Dr. Ali MohamrmdMujawal.Padapenerhuaniersebul,pM yaman nemuji perandan clulongan Arab Sdurri dalam nEnsrks6sksn p€nt€lengggraansidang donor intemasional di London(bulanNovernbor 2m4 yengielahmonyepakaii agenda pen.al.anbantuanekonomibagiyaman)m€ngingat pemerintah sjdang(lennasuk Yam€nlelah nelaksanakah ag6ndareformasinasionaldan menytsunagenda pembang!nan yangfi €nyeluruh. nasional 4. Selain itu j0ga digampaikanoleh pM yarEn bahwaduhngan Arab Saudi ljdak hanya ferbatas pada pembapwur ekonori .,an sosid, te.tapirn€tjputijuga pa.tisipasi aklitd6ripengusaha/ invogtorArab Satrdipadakonterensi dibulanApnl 2007 yang b€rtuiuanmemenfeatken potsnsiinv€stasia yaman. Semenlara Deputi PM Arab Saudi,P.ng€ranSuttanBin Abdulaziz,menyalakanbahwa hubungankedua negara dida6a.kanpada basi! yang sotid mengingatadanya kesamaanbih, neighMt@
lenaqayangterserapdalampuncakpembangunannya, sekitar1100orangakan tel,apbekeiasampaidengaopenyelesaian proyekdi tahun2008. Uniuk menghindadketusakanpada peninggalan aftoologib€kas pemukiman Hadramyite(baik berupatulisandi bebatuan,bekas saluranjrigasj maupun penBsanpenduduk) di daerahEethaj,pihakYLNGakanmelakukan penyesuaian pipa LNG nrengganli hrlengnya para nyr. Untuk daerahtangkapan netayan. lalur pihakYLNGmulaimembudidayakan cord.nctq menyediakan tenda-tende dan jala-jalapenangkapikan dan membangun tempatpendaratankapal penagkap ikan.SementaraufilukperggBnliarkerugianbagj penduc,ukyanglerkenadampak pembangunan YLNG,ak6n segeradibayarkansetelahtid Slate Commission menuntaskan lapolennya. Haitham, LNG yang dihasilkannya adalahjenisyangbrasadiguna*anuntukpemb€ngkit tenagalistrik dan bebeda dengandonestb g|asyang berbentukgas dL Hasil dad YLNG diperunlukanunluk memenuhakebutuhandunb yang meningkel lentama di perlamaLNG negaraKoreaSelatan,negaE-negabE.opadan AS. Pengapalan akan dilakukanlahun2009 dengantujuanKorcaSelalanmenyusulselesainya pembangunan pipautamanya.
9. Menuut DepuIy General Ma!1qer YLNG, Mr. Faisl
Penoamalan KBRI: 10.Semenjakditiandalanganirrya Poc€lujuanJeddah(nle Treatyof Jeddah)tanggal p€ngatu€ngarisdema*€sipedala3ananlEE Republik 12 Juni20m mengenai YamandenganKe6jaan Arab Saudi,hubungankedtraneg€ramulai kembali normalselelrhseb€lumnya m€regangakibatberbedapendapatieAadapinvasi persetujuan lrak ke Kuwail Hai ini juga dlpereratdenganditandalanganinya Perbalasan (tfe hoder a€€en'p.ng di tahun 2Ot2 yang memungkjnkan dipnlihkannyepatlemuanthe YeiE,ti-Sazdi Co
melnctons of LNG per tahundalamjamka waktu20 tahun(sebagaikontrak jangtapanjang). 15.Cadangen LNGdi daerahMarib(yangjugadimasukkan ke daternproyokYLNG) diperkirakan be4umlah 9.15tri ioncubicfeel OCF),dengan1 TCFdiperunlukkan unlukkeperluan domeslikdafl sefuiar0.7 TCF sebagaikemungkinan lanbahan cadangan. LNGunlukkepeduan donestikakandiatirlanmet€loipipake wjlayah ^raabar. 16 ProyekYLNG yang besarannibinya seknar40 kali lipat dari rata-ratanitai inveslasidi Yaman setiaptahunn)€,ekan nenjEdipenggerakutamadatam pedumbuhanmako ekononi dan perk€mbangan perindustrian di yaftan Perkiraankasarnfaakan memlr€rikindane bad pefi€rintahyaman sebesar US$30-5O bil,ionselama20 tahl,nusjaproduk6inya Selainitq,akanmemberikan lapenganpekeiaan bagi pendudukYamao pada berbaqaijenis peke4aan (rekayaseindustridan kewirausahaah) yang menyerapribiranora4l padapuncak konstruksidan akan memFlerkeriakan sekjtar 600 setama proyek YLNG oetopefast. 17.ProsespembargundtyLNG saat ini s€suaidenganjadwalsemuladan kilang pertamaLNG nya akan beroFctasidi akhir tahun 2(s8. Sementarakitang keduarrya beroperasi perter€ahd tdtun 2OOg.D akhir bulan Juni 2007, penqerjaan temadapproyekYll.lc akan mencapaiSS%. Oi aw-atlahun2008. jannoanpipa sBpanjang320 kitonreterskan s€ksei pe bangunannr€, yang menghubungkingasiun fapangaioas di Meribdanganthe liq'eradioh plsnt, dan kemudian dapalrnembangkitkar dasjunten6gatistrik. 18.PihakYLNGtanggal13 Nowmber2007 totah melakukenwbtic cohsuttaton evenlsberlenpatdrHotetMovenpiclq Sana,adeng€D prhak mengund;ng berbagai dr ank€nya adetahkeduteana:r'ng. Dalam Mt tni, kami melihaibahw; secara gadsbesarpihakYLNGtelahberupaya melaksanakan pernbangunan proyeknya secarahatihati.Deiampengertian, setaifimemperhatikan petedsriantingkungan hrdupjuge denganmemberikan pe.hatanfang cLjkup bagipenduduk yangteftene proyek. 19.Dikaitkandengankepentingan tMonesir, smpei atedgansaet ini letah ada sejumlah lemg€ dtl dan insuutdDrtapangan yang berasat ctari Indonesia mengingals€lah selu pemeganggahamYLNG adalahperusahaan Toiat dari Perancisyangt€lahlamabednv€dasidi lndonesie.Namundemikian.nantinva YLNGakan nr€njadisdtahsat! piseing IndonesiadatamftemasaftanLNG di pasatanounra Demikjanclis€mpaikan,atas perha0a4d6n kedesgmsnyadiucapkanledma kasih
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Yemento begingasexnortsin 2009 Posledin: lIg.lllPlgg WrinenIly: NasserArrNby€e& Flres Anom - 6.3'l:34AM ArlicleDaleiNov 17,2007 Yenenwill start!o exportgasby thebcginningof2009,saidofficialsofthe YemeDLiqucfled projectsin thecountr.v NaturalCasProjcct(YLr.-G),oneoflhe largestinvestment !o produceUS$2billion a yearfor theYemeli TheUS$3.7billionprojectis expected intemationnl shareholdeN aswellas1$o govemment. Theproj€ctin!olvesfive experienccd (16.73%), (l'1.22%),the (39.62o/a), Yemen Cas Company SK publicbodies:Total H:Jnt (9.55%),Kogas(6%),I lyundai(5.88%)andtheCeneralSocialSecurityand Corporation Pensions Aurhority(5olo). naturalgasper Theoverallcapacityofthe projectwill be6.7millionmelrjctonsof IiqLreficd year.l heprojectis expected to lastfor 25 yearsandshouldbringYcm€na toulofUS$50 billionoverthatperiod. About 12,000people,lwothirdsofthemYemenis, havebccnemployedon theproject,which coastsome500kilomctcrssoutheast of beganin 2005in theBelhafareaon Yemen'seastern Sana'a. DeputyCeneralManagcrofthe company.FaisalHailham,pointcdout thatthcreare200workers ofthe slationin theBelhafarea.Only aboutI I00 currentlyreceivingtrainingfor theoperation projcct's complelion ai tle endof2008. pcoplcwill keepworkinguotil thc plansto altertherouteofits gaspipelineat severslpointsin theBelhaf Y\LG alsoaJrnounced in theregion. sitesthathavebeendiscovered avoid damaging archaeological arcain orderto sevenofwhich havebeennewlyregistered. heldby companyofficialson Wednesday cameat apressconference Theanoouncement consjsiofancientArabrock discove.jes thatlhearchaeologica, Representatives explained in addilionlo rareirriSalionchannels. paintedin a Hadramyile settlement, inscriplions "We discovcred including someancientafiifactsinthe DarBassvalleyin Shabwagovernorate of publicrelationsfor YLNG andancientsites,"saidKhaledIshaq,manager irdgationchannels "Theancigntarlifactswill beput in a publicexhibitionnextyear." IshaqsaidthattheBelhaf areais full of ancientsilesandcontainstwo historiccastleslocatedin the notthandsouthofthe
ofpast Bclhafarea. Oneofthcm is partiallyclosed."Theseantiquitiesindicatethe existence andbronzespearheads." civilizationin thatareo.Therearebeads,chains,jcwellcry asthemostsritablesitefor thework in orderto minimizethesocialand Balhafwasselected ofthe generalmanager ofthe environmental impactof sucha hugeproject.Thc representative Deputy General Manager ofYLNG, Karim Abu Hamd, stressed and companyin theconference ofcompensation for affectedcitizensin theBelhafareawill be setup assoonas thattheprocess theirreporton thematter."We havecompleted thecollection the SrateCommission concludes phaseofdocuments commission to assess andcomplaints andtheteis a government the Hamdsaid.He alsonotedthatwith information andto decidewho is owedcompensation," thecohpanyhasa cultureofcoral reefsandfurtherassiststhemby respect to fishermen, providingtcntsandfishingnets, Hamdstatedofthe pipeline'sproducr,"Thecompany'sproductionof gasis ofa qualitywhichis usedin powersradons andelecfficity,unlikedomesticgaswhichis gasoil." Theprojectshould helpmeetthedsingdemandfor gasglobally,especially in rheKorean,Europsn andUS markets. Theiint shipmentofgas is to be exportedearlyin 2009to Koreaafterthecompletion main pipclinein 2008.Over70 percentof Yemen'stotalannualbudgetcomesfrom oil ofthe an ;ndusrrywhichstarteddeveloping herein 1986. andgasproduction.
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9240millionin qrantsandloansfor Yemen Postcdin: F'folltPaqe WrittenBy: ObscrverStaff AdicleDaterNov17,20077 : 0 1 : 5A7M Coordination TheSaudi-Yemeni of Councilsignedrnemomndums in RiyadhTuesday agreement for elening four grantsfromthe KingdomofSaudiArabiato Yemenamourting1o$200million towardsprojectsin theheeth, energyandvocational education sectorsyemanis uhdSuudis nee!to age( onlhelatcstaitlpxwunma Thegmnf$weredlstdbrledta fow projects. Buildingthe UniversilyHospitalahdCancerCentreat HadramoutUniversityin Mukalla\yasawarded$32 m;llion,bu;ldinga gaspowerstation;n Mareb,$100million, supplyingtechnicalinstitutesandvocationalccntrcs,$50million andthe rehabiliration ofAden and Hospital buildingofthe HeartCenrre,$ I8 million. 'l
Councilalsosignedtwo loanagreements heCoordination of$42 million for buildingprojects, comprised of $30 milliontowardsthecompletion ofthe CentralHospitalin Hudeida,and$l2 million for the MedicalandHealthScicnccs Collcecat Taiz Universitv. by SaudiDeputyPremier, TheCouncilwasco-chaired CrownPrinceSultanBin Abdulazizand PrimeMinisterDr. A1iMohammedMujawar,chairmanofthe Yemenidelegation. Dr. Muiawarlaudedthe Kingdomofsaudi Arabia(KSA) role i, rrusteringOu)fand at lastNovember.In his address internatioDal supportlor Yemena! the Londondonorconference goals that the donor in lnndon had achieved its and meeting, Dr. Mujawar said conference the theconference, combinedwith the wassuccessful by virtueofbrethrenandfriendswho attended stepsthatYemenhadtakenfor adoptingnationalreformsandan ambitiousdevelopment prog&mme. TheYemeniprimeministeraddedthal Saudisupportwasnotconfinedto economicandsocial andinvestorsin the developmont but includedthe activepadicipation ofSaudibusinessmcn
heldlo explore April2007coDference invcstrnent opponunilies. TheSaudipresence was distinguished andcontributcd to makirglheconference a success, rvhichwasreflected in a large
CulfDrcscncc. CrorvnPrinceSultanBin AbdulazizsaidthatSaudi-Yemeni relationsarebasedoo solid andbondsofrelation.TheCrownPr;nce forndationsasthereis unityoffairh, neighbourhood his safisfaction on progrcss andvolumeolcooperationin variousfieldsincluding alsoexprcssed theelfofs exertedby theprivatesectorin thetwo countrigsfor moreecoDomic interconnection. 'fhc CrownPrincepraisedrvhalhasbecnapprovedin lheprcvior.rs roundsofth€ council-lhe Iatcstofwhich waslhe l Tthsession. Thc CrownPrincealsoassened thatthesecurityofYemen ftom security. is inseparable ihe KSA
