Yemen and the United Kingdom discussed here on Wednesday the final arrangements to hold the meeting of Yemen's Friends Group in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, next March.

The arrangements were reviewed by the Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Abdul-Karim al-Arhabi and British Ambassador to Yemen Jonathan Wilks, who also discussed the topics on the Riyadh meeting agenda.At the meeting, al-Arhabi and Wilks discussed a number of issues related to enhancing the joint cooperation serve the common interests.Al-Arhabi praised the British government's assistance to strengthen capacities of stabilizing Yemen, hailing the British initiative for raising the UK development aid to Yemen. For his part, the British ambassador renewed his country's keenness to present all aspects of assistance to Yemen.