EU interests in developing Yemeni democratic experience

SANA'A, Feb.23 (Saba) - Members of European Parliament expressed here on Monday the European Union's (EU) interest in developing the Yemeni democratic experience.

During his meeting with the EU delegation members , Speaker of Parliament Yahya
al-Ra'ei pointed that the democracy is stable in Yemen because it is based on
advance constitutional and legal rules, noting that it is permanently developed to
benefit from the positive experiences of the friendly countries so as to upgrade the
democratic process in general .

Al-Ra'ei also briefed the delegation on the democratic and parliamentary experience
in Yemen, indicating the nature of duties carried out by the people's
representatives in the legislative and observation fields and the major legislations
approved by the parliament relating to the economic, financial and administrative
reforms.

The speaker pointed out the ongoing preparations for holding the forthcoming
parliamentary elections on time, in April this year, noting to the underway
dialogues among the political parities on practicing this democratic right.

The meeting reviewed other subjects related to the bilateral cooperation between
Yemen and EU.