Al-Qirbi meets Italy's Foreign Minister

ROME, Feb. 10 (Saba) - Foreign Minister Abu
Bakr al-Qirbi held talks on Thursday in Rome with the Italy's Foreign Minister
Franco Frattini
on the preparations for the Yemen's Friends Group meeting to be held in Riyadh next
March.
The Italian Minister confirmed his country's readiness to consider the project
drafts to be submitted by the Yemeni government according in accordance with
priorities of
the development plan.
Speaking on the second phase of the radar system of the Yemen coastguard, the two
sides agreed on to be studied by the Italian coastguard and then put the related
documents
to tender.
The two sides also agreed on setting a date to sign an agreement of cooperation in
the field of scientific and cultural, under which the Italian government will
provide
high study scholarships in various scientific majors that Yemen needs as well as in
progressing cooperation between the diplomatic institutes in the both countries'
Foreign
Ministries.
The talks also touched on lifting the ban on air cargo flights and the restrictions
on Yemenia flights coming from Yemen to Italy.