DUTCH 2010 DEVELOPMENT AID BUDGET FOR YEMEN DISCUSSED

SANA'A, March 03 (Saba) - Yemen and the Netherlands held Talks here on Wednesday on the details of the Dutch development aid budget for Yemen for 2010.

During his meeting with the Dutch ambassador to Yemen RH Buikeman, Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Abdul-Karim al-Arhabi reviewed the work progress of developing the initiative of the Group of Yemen's Friends.

Al-Arhabi gave the Dutch ambassador a clear idea on the results of the meeting held in Riyadh between Yemen and the donors, expressing his satisfaction of the meeting's outcomes which reflected the regnant understanding in the Yemen's relations with donors' on the challenges nature Yemen faces.

Al-Arhabi and Buikeman also discussed the arrangements for the fourth five-year plan.

On the other hand, al-Arhabi briefed the officer of the Middle East and the Yemeni-British relations at the UK Foreign Ministry Michael Aaron on the Riyadh meeting's outcomes as well as the developments in the Group of Yemen's Friends' initiative.

Moreover, al-Arhabi and Aaron talked about subjects for promoting the existing cooperation between Yemen and UK, particularly in the aspects of the new support for development process in Yemen during the coming three years.

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