UAE participates in Yemen Friend meeting

AMMAN, July 23 (Saba)- The UAE has
participated in the 2nd meeting of the Working Group on 'Reform, Justice and the
Rule of law' within
the Group of the Friends of Yemen held in the Jordanian capital, Emirates News
Agency reported on Friday.
The meeting held under the auspices of Jordan and the Netherlands was participated
by more than 21 countries, alongside the European Union and the United Nations
Development
Programme.
Yemen's Minister of Justice Ghazi al-Aghbari was present at the meeting. The UAE
delegation was headed by Abdullah Nasser Sultan al-Amiri, UAE ambassador to Jordan.
The "Group of the Friends of Yemen" was created to assist Yemen to meet the growing
challenges, which threaten the stability of Yemen and the region if there was no
cooperation
and international coordination to achieve unity of Yemen and respect its sovereignty
and independence.
United Arab Emirates is the Co-Chairman of the 'Group of Friends of Yemen'. Earlier
in March this year UAE and Germany co-chaired a meeting of the Group in Abu Dhabi
under
the slogan 'Economy and Good Governance' to identify priority areas for action for
the Yemeni government and chalk out ways to implement these areas.
The Abu Dhabi meeting had emanated from the London Conference on Yemen, which
discussed the challenges and problems facing Yemen.