[29/April/2012]

SANA'A, April 29 (Saba) - Yemen and the Netherlands reviewed here on Sunday the final arrangements for the Yemen's friends meeting to be held in the Saudi capital Ryiadh late on May.

This came in a meeting brought togather Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Mohammad al-Sa'adi with the Dutch ambassador to Yemen Leonie Kyulenyer, where they also discussed the agenda of the meeting of the government represented by the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation with Yemen's development partners next Wednesday.

They also dealt with the several issues pertaining to enhancing the cooperation realtions between Yemen and the Netherlands in the light of the two governments' common trends to expand the partnership areas.

At the meeting, al-Sa'adi praised the Dutch government's diligence to support the development and stability in Yemen, stressing the importance of its role to mobilize the international aid to assist the Yemen to tackle the political and economic challenges after overcoming the last year political crisis.

For her part, the Dutch ambassador renewed her country's readiness to provide all available assistance to help the national reconciliation government to fulfill the requirements of the two-year difficult transition period.

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