EU affirms support to Yemen's president

14/5/2012 -


The EU Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton has affirmed the "unequivocal support of the European Union to President Hadi, the National Consensus Government and the implementation of the GCC initiative."

The European Union has condemned the attack on the Bulgarian Ambassador in the Yemeni capital Sana'a on Saturday and reiterated the European bloc's continued support to the Gulf country's national unity government.

A statement issued by the office of the EU Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton on Sunday said the bloc's top diplomat strongly condemned the "attack in Sanaa on 12 May that injured the Bulgarian Ambassador to Yemen, Boris Genadiev Borisov, and expresses the sincere solidarity of the European Union."

Although no group has claimed responsibility for the attack on Borisov so far, Yemeni authorities blamed the al-Qaeda linked militants active in the country, specially in its southern regions.