almotamar-net - SANA'A-Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Abdul-Karim al-Arhabi held a meeting with regional director of the World Bank for Egypt, Yemen and Djibouti Ambi Emanuel and discussed with him
cooperation aspects between Yemen and WB and executing projects being financed by the bank.

During the meeting, al-Arhabi highlighted government keenness on economic reforms and the related procedures.

He pointed out the coming regional cooperation strategy by which various
projects would be supported by the WB. Moreover, he briefed results of the meetings which evaluated the executed projects, which were supported by the bank, in Yemen.

For his part, Emanuel briefed preparation stages for the coming regional cooperation strategy and evaluated the previous strategy (2002-200(.

He affirmed the importance of making use of the previous strategy in order to avoid difficulties in coming one.

Emanuel also asserted the WB support for development programs in Yemen.