The Yemeni President Abdu-Rabo Mansour Hadi has called the United States for aiding his country, pointing out that the US assistance is significant for Yemen, the Yemeni News Agency (Saba) said on Tuesday.
In a meeting with the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, Jeffrey Feltman, Hadi affirmed that Yemen faces major political and security challenges, pointing out that the situation is critical.
He reviewed with the US official the Yemeni-US relations, counterterrorism, piracy in the Aden Gulf and its impacts on Yemen's economy.
They further discussed the Yemeni political settlement on the base of GCC power transfer deal and the United Nation Security Council Resolution 2014.
During the meeting, Hadi stressed that the GCC deal and its implementation mechanism is the only appropriate way to avoid Yemen plunging into conflicts and divisions.
For his part, Fletman said the U.S. follows the implementation of the political settlement in Yemen according to the Gulf initiative, praising successes Yemenis reached in their critical conditions, pointing out that there are significant progresses.
He further cited that the U.S. will provide all kind of support for Yemen to overcome the difficult circumstances, stressed the importance of developing a strategy to help Yemen to overcome the economic and security challenges.
Fletman further emphasized that Pesident Barack Obama and his administration are following closely the events in Yemen and realize the nature of these challenges that really require assistance.
The US State Department had highlighted the US commitment to Yemen's political transition as well as the need for the transition process to allow broad participation by the Yemeni people," the State Department said.