Foreign Minister Abu Bakr Al-Qirbi has urged donors to pump $ 6 billion in aid to Yemen over the next five years to help it meet the demands of the anti-government protesters and sit-inners.
Al-Qirbi told foreign media outlets after his meeting with Gulf counterparts on Monday in Abu Dhabi that what Yemen really needs is development and economic growth because the current political crisis was a direct result of the economic situation in the country.
Yemen will present later this month a fifth-year development plan to Friends of Yemen Group that includes European and Gulf donors and the U.S., he said, adding that the budget deficit in the plan is $ 6 billion.
“We hope the GCC countries along with other donors to contribute to drawing up a plan to support the state budget deficit,” said the minister.
His remarks came amid escalating protests and sit-ins across the country demanding the departure of President Saleh and his regime, and as the opposition has vowed to intensify the anti-Saleh rule protest. The vow came after the president had rejected a proposed plan by the opposition for a peaceful and smooth transfer of power.
Furthermore, Al-Qirbi stated that the GCC countries are supporting the efforts of Saleh to hold dialogue with the opposition and to address all political, economic and social challenges behind the youths’ revolt.
Hundreds of thousands of youths and other people have been conducting sit-ins and staging protests in several Yemeni cities for more than a month demanding the removal of the regime.
They are determined not to abandon this until this demand was met.
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