Aden, Dhu-AlQa'dah 16, 1439, July 29, 2018, SPA -- President Abdrabbou Mansour Hadi of the Republic of Yemen instructed the concerned authorities to form an economic council consisting of representatives from both the public and private sectors. During a meeting held with the head and members of the industrial and commercial chamber in Aden, President Hadi said that the Yemeni government has achieved stability by securing basic needs and paying the government employees their salaries regularly. He added that the Yemeni government is working to achieve important steps to strengthen and develop resources and activate the control bodies to dry out the sources of smuggling and corruption. --SPA 21:23 LOCAL TIME 18:23 GMT 0025 www.spa.gov.sa/w723532