Aden:  As per the state media reports, Yemen’s internationally-recognized President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi has ordered the formation of a new power-sharing government. A  presidential decree issued on Friday, Hadi chose former Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik to lead the government, including a total of 24 Ministers, formed equally between the country's northern and southern provinces.

The new power-sharing cabinet was declared in accordance with a peace pact signed between the country's government and the Southern Transitional Council (STC) last year in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh. Hadi appointed General Mohammed Al Maqdashi as the country's new Minister of Defence.

The renowned politician Ahmad Awad bin Mubarak was appointed as the new Minister of Foreign Affairs, said the report. Major General Ibrahim Haydan has been named as the Minister of Interior in the government-controlled Yemeni provinces, according to Hadi's decree. Five Ministers affiliated with the Southern Transitional Council were included in the formation of the new government.

Local military officials said that “the process of redeployment warring troops was completed successfully under the auspices of observers of the Saudi Arabia-led coalition”.

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