Friends of Yemen Group may not meet this month-site

SANA'A, Mar. 03 (Saba) - Yemen
and the GCC member states and other EU friends are in contact to set a date for the
meeting
of the Friends of Yemen Group, previously approved to be held later this month in
Germany's capital, Berlin, the September website reported on Thursday. The state-run
website
quoted sources with knowledge about the matter as saying that Foreign Minister Abu
Bakr al-Qirbi held on the margins of the recent Arab Foreign Minister's Meeting in
Cairo
a consultative meeting with GCC, Egyptian and Jordanian counterparts to discuss the
meeting. The meeting approved further contact among involved countries. The sources
also
said it is probably that the meeting takes place at the level of Foreign Ministers
and is expected to establish a fund with the contribution of donors to support
development
in Yemen. However, they ruled out that the meeting be held later this month, saying
it may occur in April or May when all arrangements should be taken, particularly as
it
comes after a London and a Riyadh conferences on Yemen. Italy suggested at the
January 27 London Conference to establish the Friends of Yemen Group that big
countries and
international organizations should be part of to support the Yemeni government's
efforts to combat terror, boost security and improves sustainable development. FR