Almotamar.net, Saba - With participation of twenty countries, the first meeting for Yemen Friends Group was started on Monday in Abu Dhabi capital of United Arab Emirates.
In the opening session of the meeting, UAE assistant Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Affairs Khaled al-Ghaith confirmed commitment of the United Arab Emirates to continue its cooperation with friends of Yemen to serve development in Yemen.
He said that that the meeting of Yemen's friends is a result of the recent London conference on challenges facing Yemen, adding that it is first meeting for coordination and consultation.
The UAE official said that reforms agenda, has been carried by the Yemeni government since 1995, would help Yemen to achieve economic progress, saying that international community has started since years to cooperate with the Yemeni government to overcome challenges facing the country.
The meeting was co-chaired by UAE and Germany.
For his part, the Yemeni Deputy Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Hisham Sharaf expressed appreciation of the Yemeni government for the UAE government to support the development in Yemen and host this meeting, highlighting the German government to chair the meeting as well.
He also reviewed plans and program implemented by the Yemeni government during last decade including reforms agenda, saying that Yemen needs for gathering efforts to pass all challenges facing the development process in the nation.
Sharaf said that the Yemeni government is holding talks with the International Monetary Fund to carry out a set of reforms which aim at achieving financial and economic stability.
The head of the Middle East department at the German Foreign Ministry affirmed importance of the meeting, considering it as a chance that the Yemeni government could achieve progresses to pass its economic problems.
He said that the success of the meeting is based on support that would be presented by the friends of Yemen.
The United Arab Emirates acknowledged on Tuesday that two of its pilots were killed when their military aggression plane crashed over Jawf province, a military official said
The official added that the aggressive crashed plane was an apache that was
Artillery of the army and popular shelled a gathering of Saudi-paid mercenaries in al-Moqadra area in Serwah district of Marib province, a military official said on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, dozens of Saudi-paid mercenaries were killed and others injured in Wadi al-Theek in the district, the official added.
The army and popular forces carried out on Monday unique military operations in Taiz province.
A military official said that a number of Saudi-paid mercenaries were killed at the hands of the army and popular forces in al-Jazami Hill in al-Kadaha area in al-Ma'afer district.
A Saudi aggression fighter jet targeted a citizen's car driving in Fara area of Kutaf district in Saada province overnight, killing the driver and injuring his friend, a security official said on Monday.
The army artillery and popular committees launched a fierce attack on Saudi-paid mercenaries' sites in Jawf province, a military official said on Monday.
The attack destroyed a military vehicle belonging to the mercenaries and killed all on board in Sabran area in khab and shaaf district.
Scores of Saudi enemy soldiers were killed and injured on Sunday when the army and popular forces repelled a Saudi military attempt to sneak into Shurfah site in the border province of Najran, a military official said.
The operation was accomplished successfully against the Saudi
The army and popular committees have killed a total of 18 Saudi-paid mercenaries in sniper operations over the past hours in the central province of Marib, a military official said on Sunday.
Ten mercenaries were killed in Nehm district and eight others were killed in Serwah district, said the official.
Saudi aggression warplanes have launched more than 49 airstrikes over the past hours on several residential areas across Yemen, a security official said on Sunday.
The airstrikes targeted the areas of Malahiz and Husama in Dhahir district, and areas Thuban, Masahif and Sdad in Bakim district of northern Saada province.
Meeting of Yemen Friends Group started in Abu Dhabi
