Yemen and International Monetary Fund (IMF) discussed here on Tuesday the mutual cooperation in supporting the technical and financial policies of the public budget and achieving the national economy stability.

During their meeting, Prime Minister Mohammed Salem Basindwa and IMF's representative in Yemen Ghazi Shbeikat reviewed aspects of future cooperation between Yemen and the Fund, including the possibility of making an agreement on a future joint action plan, thereby providing the necessary assistance to the Transitional Program for Stabilization and Development (TPSD) 2012-2014 and to the Yemeni economy to deal with the current situation challenges.

Prime Minister reviewed the government's efforts to address past issues in all areas, topped by the economy, stressing the government's adherence to consider the balance of the economic and financial policies in order to realize the economic stability.

Basindwa expressed his appreciation of the IMF's keenness to support the government's efforts and to support the development trends in Yemen.

Shbeikat talked about the aspects of the existing cooperation areas between the Fund and Yemen, and the future cooperation in the economic and financial fields.

He accentuated the Fund's commitment to help Yemen fulfill its obligations, which Yemen has agreed upon with donor countries in the Riyadh donor meeting.

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