26_September [Archives:2007/1106/Press Review]
Thursday, November 22
Top Stories
– President Saleh to military leaders: Unity means freedom, security and safety, no need to worry about it
– Under President's directives, government to establish fund for military housing developments
– Mauritanian Foreign Minister to visit Yemen next week
– France reviews its warnings to nationals not to visit certain areas in Yemen
– Undersecretary of Agriculture & Irrigation Ministry: Yemen is free of avian flu
– Yemen expects Japan to increase aid for national development
Organ of the Yemeni organ reported that Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs and Minister of Planning and International Cooperation, Abdulkarim Al-Arhabi is planning to conduct an official visit to Tokyo in the second half of next January on the high-level delegation in an effort to seek more Japanese government's support for national development. The weekly quoted official sources as saying that Al-Arhabi will talk with the Japanese Prime Minister, Fukuda, who chaired up the Yemeni-Japanese Friendship Society earlier.
The sources added that Al-Arhabi will explain during his visit the latest economic and political developments, plus the remarkable achievements in the areas of reforms. He will also discuss with the Japanese side the ways to develop relations and support development plans in Yemen during the years to come. The Japanese government's support to Yemen amounts up to 40 million dollars per annum.
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