Yemen has sought an increase in Indian investments in the areas of trade, especially in industrial, fishery, tourist sectors.

Yemen Prime Minister Ali Mujawar and the Indian Ambassador to Yemen Praveen Verma in a meeting yesterday here discussed issues related to investment and increasing trade volume between the two countries.

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The prime minister also asked India to raise the number of scholarships presented to Yemeni students to enable them to study there, Saba newsagency reported.

For his part, Verma described ties between the two countries as distinguished, affirming the Indian government's keenness on offering  technical support in various fields to meet Yemen's needs.

The ambassador voiced the Indian investors' desire to invest in small and middle industries in Yemen and contibute to the development of industrial areas and free zone in Aden.

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