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| Saudi says will give $3.25 billion aid to Yemen |
| 2012-05-24 |
| [Al Ahram] Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in their national face... will give its impoverished neighbour Yemen aid worth $3.25 billion, the kingdom's Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal told a meeting in Riyadh Wednesday, urging other nations to take similar steps. "To ensure Yemen's security and stability, the kingdom will provide $3.25 billion to support development projects there which will be agreed upon with the Yemeni side," he said at the opening of the Friends of Yemen meeting. "The Yemeni government is exerting courageous efforts, but without the help of its brothers and friends, Yemen will not be able to solve the crises it is facing," said Prince Saud. Yemeni Prime Minister Mohammed Basindawa pleaded at the meeting for aid for Yemen which was rocked by an uprising last year that forced former strongman President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh ... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower, but he didn't invite Donna Summer to the inauguration and Blondie couldn't make it... to step down in February. "The hope is in the political and economic support needed to overcome the transitional period and put an end to the budget deficit," Basindawa said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Don't believe it till you see it, Yemen. |
| Posted by: American Delight 2012-05-24 06:51 |