almotamar.net - The US ambassador to Yemen Stephen Seche on Monday praised the democratic process in Yemen, saying the latest presidential elections an evident of the strong trend towards democracy. He pointed out that his meeting Monday with Yemeni female journalists to discuss and assess the local issues as added evidence on Yemen's progress in the democratic process.
Washington's ambassador to Yemen said signing the agreement of the millennium project that was scheduled last October of funding amount of $20 million was not cancelled but postponed.
At the press conference organised today by Yemeni Female Journalists Forum for the US ambassador he pointed out that most of he joint projects between the American and the Yemeni governments are of security and military fields containing exchange of intelligence information aimed at guaranteeing security of the Yemeni land and sea borders as a friendly country and offering full support for the creation of specialised establishments in fighting terror.
In his answer to questions of the female journalists for whom he made the conference the ambassador said Sheikh Abdulmajid al-Zandani, president of Al-Eman University and member of the Islah Party Higher Committee is accused by America over financing terror and that sheikh Mohammed al-Mouayad, member of Islah Shoura council and his companion are accused of direct conspiracy of financing Hamas , explaining that sentencing in the case of sheikh al-Mouyad would be issued soon inside the United States.
According to a press release issued by the Yemeni Female Journalists Forum the US ambassador asked he Yemeni government to hand over Jamal al-Badawi who is condemned of cases in Yemen by killing 17 American seamen to the United States as part of the security cooperation between the two countries on fighting terror.
The release, a copy of which almotamar.net received a copy, mentioned that the ambassador praised the democratic process in Yemen, saying the latest presidential elections an evidence of the strong orientation towards democracy, indicating that his meeting with the Yemeni female is another proof on Yemen progress in the democratic process.