http://www.english.hadhramaut.info $57 million rise in Yemen's external debt by October 2010 [The Source: SANA'A/hadhramaut.info/sabanews.net - 27/01/2011] Yemen's external debt has registered a slight rise up to $ 6,080,000,000 by the end of October 2010 with an increase of $57 million compared to the same period of 2009.

A report issued by the Central Bank of Yemen (CBY) showed that the large part of debt is for international financial institutions with over $ 3.3 billion.According to the report, Yemen's debt for the Paris club's states has reached roughly $ 1.8 billion at the end of October 2010, most of which is for Russia amounting to $1.2 billion.The report pointed out that Yemen's debt owed to the non-member States of the Paris Club reached $850 million, besides $205 million Yemen has borrowed from bodies the report do not named.Noteworthy, Yemen's foreign currency reserves have declined to $5.99 billion at the end of October 2010 compared with $6.6 billion in September of the same year.According to the CBY's report, the central bank's budget dropped YR 36 billion to YR 1.8 trillion by the end of October 2010.