YEMEN, UK COORDINATE TO HOLD LONDON CONFERENCE

SANA'A, Jan. 07 (Saba)- Yemen Ministry of Foreign Affairs is
currently coordinating with the British Foreign and Commonwealth
Office to take the executive steps to hold an international
conference for supporting Yemen, scheduled on January 28, as called
by UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown, 26sep.net reported Thursday.

Informed sources made clear that Yemen Foreign Minister Abu Bakr
al-Qirbi and his UK counterpart, David Miliband, have been assigned
to follow up coordination process and discuss the mechanisms leading
to the success of the conference to come out with positive results
embodying the international community's stance toward challenges
facing Yemen.

The sources clarified that Yemen will participate with a high level
delegation, noting that the conference is expected to be attended by
EU, US, GCC, Japan, Canada foreign ministers and the UN Secretary
General as well as other countries.

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