Saudi Arabia renews its full support to Yemen
The Source: RIYADH\Hadhramaut\Saba - Thursday -01/May/2014
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Saudi Arabia has renewed its full support to Yemen to complete the terms of the Gulf initiative and reach the political stability. Following his participation at the head of the Saudi delegation at the 7th meeting of the Group of Friends of Yemen, which was held on Wednesday in the ant British capital London, Saudi Undersecretary of Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Multilateral Relations, Prince Turki bin Mohammed bin Saud Al-Kabeer Al Saud, said "We count on the results of this meeting to promote the work of the Friends of Yemen and raise the level of performance to support Yemen in this important transitional phase".
The Saudi official praised Yemen's good achievements since the entry into force of the Gulf initiative in April 2011, considering that it deserves the support ,praise and appreciation.
"The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was and remains at the forefront of countries that stood up with its all potential with the brotherly people of Yemen", Price Turki said.
"In addition to the support provided by the Kingdom for the development projects and financing plans of the infrastructure construction over the past two years in amounts exceeding US$ 3 billion, the Kingdom recognizes the importance of the dedicated support to alleviate the humanitarian crisis being experienced by many parts of Yemen under such circumstances", the Saudi official added.
In this regard, Prince Turki referred that the Kingdom has signed an agreement with the Yemeni government to finance projects of the Social Fund for Development in Yemen with a US$ 100 million grant, the first payment of which amounting US$ 10 million was delivered according to the agreement.
The Saudi official stressed the importance of continuing to provide help to Yemen by the donor states, agencies and funds and the implementation of their previous obligations ,as this is critical to achieve the positive goals.
The Saudi official continued to say "The Kingdom calls on the donor countries and funds to increase the attention and assistance required by the humanitarian situation in Yemen."
He affirmed that the stability and security of Yemen and skipping of difficulties and challenges facing it at more than one level is related to the international security and stability.
The Saudi Undersecretary of Foreign Ministry concluded to say: "That is why we are required more than ever to stand with Yemen and assist it in skipping risks and achieving security and stability on its territory."
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