Minister of Planning Seeks British Support for National Development, Stability Plan

September Net

The Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Dr. Afrah al-Zouba held talks today, Monday, in London, with the UK Minister of State for Development Baroness Jenny Chapman on the Yemeni-British cooperation and the aspects of the British support for Yemen.

The conversations, which took place on the sidelines of the Global Partnerships Conference scheduled for May 19 and 20.
Al-Zouba sought for London’s assistance to the Yemeni government’s ongoing efforts aimed to establish development and stability in Yemen through building institutional resilience, the capacities of national institutions and enabling them to do their job and effectively implementing government programs and plans.

She highly appreciated the constant British support for Yemen, describing it as strategic support.” The Yemeni peoples are grateful to the United Kingdom for its substantial contribution to the development and humanitarian actions in Yemen”, al-Zouba said.