Almotamar.net, Saba - President Ali Abdullah Saleh met here on Monday with the UN Secretary General Assistant and Director-General of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Helen Clark.
At the meeting, Saleh and Clark discussed aspects of cooperation between Yemen and the UNDP in the developmental and humanitarian areas.
Clark briefed Saleh on the content of the two agreements that were signed during her visit to Yemen, which aimed to support Yemen's efforts in the development plans in light of the five-year plan for economic development.
According to the two agreements, the UNDP will provide aid amounting to USD 400 million during 2011-2015.
In addition, the UN official briefed Saleh on results of her meetings with Yemeni official, and what was discussed regarding the required support from the UNDP to assist Yemen in the completion of the development plans.
She confirmed the UNDP's support for Yemen to harmonize with the programs and goals of the fourth five-year plan for poverty alleviation.
In this regard, Clark reiterated the UNDP's commitment to support Yemen to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), wishing success for the upcoming meeting of the Group of Yemen Friends to be held in Riyadh.
She also affirmed the UNDP's support to the Supreme Commission for Elections and Referendum and its efforts for holding fair, transparent and successful elections.
For his part, President Saleh expressed Yemen's thanks and appreciation to the UNDP for aid and support provided to Yemen in the developmental and humanitarian fields.
He hoped that Helen's visit and her talks with Yemeni officials would be successful and lead to further cooperation between Yemen and the programme, so as to alleviate poverty and reduce unemployment.
The United Arab Emirates acknowledged on Tuesday that two of its pilots were killed when their military aggression plane crashed over Jawf province, a military official said
The official added that the aggressive crashed plane was an apache that was
Artillery of the army and popular shelled a gathering of Saudi-paid mercenaries in al-Moqadra area in Serwah district of Marib province, a military official said on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, dozens of Saudi-paid mercenaries were killed and others injured in Wadi al-Theek in the district, the official added.
The army and popular forces carried out on Monday unique military operations in Taiz province.
A military official said that a number of Saudi-paid mercenaries were killed at the hands of the army and popular forces in al-Jazami Hill in al-Kadaha area in al-Ma'afer district.
A Saudi aggression fighter jet targeted a citizen's car driving in Fara area of Kutaf district in Saada province overnight, killing the driver and injuring his friend, a security official said on Monday.
The army artillery and popular committees launched a fierce attack on Saudi-paid mercenaries' sites in Jawf province, a military official said on Monday.
The attack destroyed a military vehicle belonging to the mercenaries and killed all on board in Sabran area in khab and shaaf district.
Scores of Saudi enemy soldiers were killed and injured on Sunday when the army and popular forces repelled a Saudi military attempt to sneak into Shurfah site in the border province of Najran, a military official said.
The operation was accomplished successfully against the Saudi
The army and popular committees have killed a total of 18 Saudi-paid mercenaries in sniper operations over the past hours in the central province of Marib, a military official said on Sunday.
Ten mercenaries were killed in Nehm district and eight others were killed in Serwah district, said the official.
Saudi aggression warplanes have launched more than 49 airstrikes over the past hours on several residential areas across Yemen, a security official said on Sunday.
The airstrikes targeted the areas of Malahiz and Husama in Dhahir district, and areas Thuban, Masahif and Sdad in Bakim district of northern Saada province.
President Saleh meets UN's official 
