Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Quick Summary on US Embassy | Yemen


From the State Department’s January 5 Daily Press Brief:


There remains an ongoing threat to U.S. Embassy in Yemen; one aspect of the threat was dealt with  * U.S. has been providing security assistance to Yemen for quite a while * U.S. needs to see a more consistent effort by the Government of Yemen in addressing extremist issues and security concerns * U.S. participating in multilateral meeting in London on 28 Jan with focus on Yemen and Afghanistan * U.S. has recently increased assistance to Yemen * no 1208 funded projects qualified in 2008.

The US Embassy in Sana'a reopened for business yesterday.  The embassy, btw, is now on Facebook here.




 

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