[Yemen Post] Yemen's President Abdrabu Mansour Hadi Saturday called on the international community to back and oversee a five-year strategic development plan which must focus on improving various economic sectors in the country, Saba reported. Ahah. A Five Year Plan. Good idea. What could possibly go wrong?
The statement was made at a meeting with a multiple international mission, which has arrived to evaluate the humanitarian situation in Yemen.
The mission is led by the Islamic Organization for Cooperation and has called on the international community to provide urgent support to Yemen, where reports have warned about ten million people are facing famine.
Hadi said the economic crisis has been behind about 75% of Yemen's complicated problems, renewing the call to help the country overcome all challenges before a crisis affects it, region and the world, Saba said.
The 2011 unrest has largely aggravated Yemen's problems.
He also said the security situation remains one of the hardest test at the moment, and with such issues being unsolved, the political mess will persist, according to the agency.
Hadi, however, assured the political transition is going ahead positively, pointing to the strides within the preparations for a national dialogue, it said.
Other issues were discussed at the meeting including the unemployment of about six million youths and graduates as well as the IDPS and African refugees, the agency said.
The Yemeni parties reached in November a power-transfer deal, brokered by the GCC and backed by the UN. The transition is on the right track, despite security concerns and attempts to obstruct it.