US RENEWS SUPPORT TO YEMEN IN RIYADH CONFERENCE

SANA'A, Feb.24 (Saba) – The United States renewed on Wednesday its support to Yemen in the Riyadh conference on Aid to Yemen to be held in Saudi Arabia on February 27.

In his meeting held in Sana'a, the Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Abdul Karim al-Arhabi and the Chief Operating Officer and the Executive Secretary of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Alonzo Fulgham reviewed aspects of the current cooperation between Yemen and the U.S. and means of boosting them so as to serve the common goals.

They also dealt with issues relating to the ongoing preparations for the convening of the donors' conference in Riyadh.

The two sides stressed the importance of views consensus regarding the outputs of the Riyadh conference to contribute to enhancing the flow of resource to finance developmental projects in Yemen, and improving the effectiveness of the assistance presented by the GCC states and other donors to Yemen.

Al-Arhabi expressed his confidence that the Riyadh conference would contribute to make a common vision between the Yemeni government and development partners towards a common definition for the new challenges that Yemen faces and to accelerate providing the resources pledged by the donors.

He praised keenness showed by the U.S. to contribute effectively to reinforce the efforts aiming to succeed the Riyadh conference on Aid to Yemen.

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