http://www.english.hadhramaut.info Friends of Yemen Group meeting productive, says official [The Source: sana'a/hadhramaut.info/sabanews.net - 31/03/2010] Deputy Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Hisham Sharaf described Wednesday the outcomes of the meeting of Friends of Yemen Group as successful and fruitful Upon arrival in Sana'a coming back from the meeting, Sharaf told Saba that the participants have assured their support for Yemen in all areas.He also noted that Yemen highlighted during the two-day meeting in the UAE capital, Abu Dhabi, economic, security and financial challenges facing development in it.During the coming period, special teams will be working on arrangements for Yemen's developmental needs to be presented for the Foreign Ministers of the group later this year in New York.Friends of Yemen Group concluded on Tuesday its first meeting in the UAE capital, Abu Dhabi.Sharaf, head of the Yemeni delegation to the meeting, said the meeting issued a final statement including the duties of the group members and calling on the members to conduct studies and mechanisms in two weeks on their roles and duties.For his part, General Director of International Co-operation at the Ministry of Planning and International Co-operation Nabil Shaiban said that the meeting aimed at discussing and reviewing a program for supporting Yemen on urgent administrative and economic reforms that can help face challenges, mainly economically and financially including increasing budget deficit.Speaking to the media following the event that has drawn large media coverage, Shaiban said the current economic situation in Yemen pushes Yemen and donors to speed action to diversify income and budget resources, particularly non-oil sectors.The meeting stemmed from the January 27 Summit in London and RiyadhFebruary Conference on Yemen and will be followed by other meetingson development and other challenges in the country including one inRiyadh in May.During the first day meeting, Yemen presented a speech highlighting economic challenges and touching upon economic and social plans and programs carried out in the last decades.The speech also highlighted the reform priorities in Yemen topped by good governance and boosting the national economy.In the meeting, the United Arab Emirates, the host, reiterated commitment to coordinating and collaborating with other countries to support Yemen