U.S. RENEWS ITS DIRECT SUPPORT TO YEMEN FRIENDS GROUP

WASHINGTON, May 14 (Saba) - The U.S. Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton renewed on Friday the U.S. Administration's standing by
Yemen through its direct support to Yemen Friends Group.

The U.S. official affirmed during her meeting with the First
Undersecretary of Foreign Ministry Mohieddin al-Dhabi her country's
support to Yemen in issues relating to the bilateral relations
between the two countries, especially in the areas of political and
economic reforms.

She valued Yemen's efforts in combating terrorism and extremism.

Furthermore, during his meeting with Assistant Secretary of State
for Political Affairs Anne Marie Slaughter and the Deputy Assistant
Secretary of State for Near East Affairs Janet Sanderson, al-Dhabi
discussed the ways of strengthening the joint cooperation relations
between the two friendly countries in the development ,economic and
security areas.

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