Assistant Secretary of Treasury conducts talks with Yemen

6/6/2012 -


Alsahwah.net- A meeting co-chaired by Minster o Planning and International Cooperation and US Assistant Secretary of Treasury Charles Collyns  was held on Wednesday in Sana'a.

According to the Yemeni News Agency (Saba Collyns announced Wednesday his country's absolute support for the establishment of an international multi-donor fund to finance development projects in Yemen.

He further affirmed  the U.S. government will provide all aspects of necessary support to promote the progress in the path of political settlement in Yemen, pointing out that U.S. efforts are being made in this direction by stimulating all donors for Yemen to contribute to the establishment of the Fund.

For his part, Minister of Finance Sakhr al-Wajeeh briefed the U.S. official on the nature of the procedures and measures taken by Finance Ministry to rationalize the government spending.