Manama: Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi on Friday announced the formation of a power-sharing government, Yemeni state TV reported.
Moein Abdel-Malik was appointed as prime minister and Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak as minister of foreign affairs.
The government comprises of 24 portfolios divided equally between the north and south, as stipulated in the Riyadh Agreement,” Hadi said.
The announcement was made on Yemeni state TV late on Friday night.
The new government is in line with the terms of the Riyadh Agreement jointly signed with the Southern Transitional Council (STC) in November last year.
The Saudi Foreign Ministry welcomed the formation of a government “that includes all components of the Yemeni spectrum.
The Riyadh agreement set out a framework for resolving the row between Hadi’s government and the STC over control of the south. The dispute had escalated into military clashes in August 2019. The government has also been at war with Houthi rebels, who control capital Sanaa, since 2014.
