Washington, October 3, 2019, SPA -- A delegation from the Saudi Development and Reconstruction Program for Yemen has started in Washington, DC an introductory activity on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's development projects in Yemen . The Saudi delegation was led by Engineer Hasan Alattas, Director General of Projects and Studies at the Program. The Director General held the first meeting with U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), represented by Robert Jenkins the Deputy Assistant Administrator for the U.S. Agency for International Development's Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (DCHA) and Jason Foley, USAID's Deputy Assistant Administrator. The two sides discussed ways of enhancing cooperation in development work and the role and importance of development and reconstruction in Yemen. --SPA 16:10 LOCAL TIME 13:10 GMT 0010 www.spa.gov.sa/w1183776