Yemen Friends Group support President-called national dialog

Saba
BERLIN, June 05 (Saba) – Yemen Friends Group has voiced support to Yemen’s stability and unity as well as the national dialog President Ali Abdullah Saleh called for in his speech on the 20th anniversary of the Unification Day.This statement was made during the 2nd meeting of the working team on economy and good governance emerged from Yemen Friends Group held in German’s capital Berlin.Additionally, the group’s countries asserted their commitment to carry on their cooperation and partnership with Yemen.The participants discussed ways of support and the required assistance the international community can present to Yemen.Several papers were reviewed in the meeting presented by the group’s countries and the Yemeni side, which was headed by the First Undersecretary of Foreign Ministry Mohi al-Din al-Dhabi.The papers were on the economic challenges Yemen faces and proposals to overcome them.The meeting comes to follow up the results of London conference which was held in January, 2010.Yemen Friends Group meeting was opened on Friday in Berlin. It was opened by Hoyer and UAE Assistant Foreign Minister for Economic Affairs Khalid Ghanim al-Ghaith.The meeting was organized in association with the United Arab Emirates UAE, the Arabian Gulf states that pledged to support Germany on Yemen’s economic and political stability.MB/AF