26_September [Archives:2007/1074/Press Review]
Thursday, August 2
Main Headlines
– President of the Republic to meet heads of retirees' associations on Sunday
– Joint Meeting Parties and Qatari mediators set ten days for implementing Sa'ada agreement
– Minister of Oil and Minerals: New oil blocks enter production phase
– Chief of Ministry of Defense's Financial Department: Military servants who stopped work between 1994 and 2003 reinstated
– Yemeni Football Federation schedules a playoff between Wahdat Sana'a and Telal
– Foreign Minister: Arab leaders reach consensus on significance of Palestinian factions' participation in international meeting
– Tow French Parachute men hover over Haraz mountains
– Ten-element terrorist cell behind Marib bombing
– Yemen, UK sign partnership agreement
The Yemeni army's organ reported that the Yemeni government and the United Kingdom signed on Wednesday in Sana'a a development partnership agreement for ten years. Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs and Minister of Planning and International Cooperation, Abdulkarim Al-Arhabi noted such an agreement is the first of its kind. Signing the agreement with the British Secretary of International Development Shahid Malik, Al-Arhabi said that the British aids under the agreement are due to increase up to $ 100 million by 2010/2011, making the United Kingdom the top donor-European state.
According to the weekly, Al-Arhabi described the Yemeni-British relations as prosperous. In a press conference that has been held in the presence of the British official, he said “British official visits Yemen as the first country after assuming office, and this indicates the high respect the UK government shows for Yemen.
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