Arabic News Weekly Edition for Yemen, 6/15/1998
Weekly Edition, Yemen - Week of June 15, 1998
- Negotiations continue, Yemen denies border fighting with Saudi Arabia
The Yemeni - Saudi technical and legal joint committee held a series of meetings in Sanaa on Wednesday and Friday. Yemeni Foreign Ministry undersecretary Ghaleb Gamil, said the meetings are working on border demarcation between Yemen and Saudi Arabia. Yemen-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 6/20/1998 - Oil, wheat prices increase in Yemen causing riots
The government of Yemen on Thursday decided to increase the prices of gasoline, kerosene, and natural gas by up to 40% percent as of Friday, despite the fact that such increases had in the past caused fierce objections in streets. Yemen, Economics, 6/20/1998 - Sanaa: Saudi delegation discusses border issues Saudi Arabia-Yemen, Politics, 6/19/1998
- Yemen denies that it sides with Ethiopia in conflict with Eritrea Yemen-Eritrea-Ethiopia, Politics, 6/19/1998
- Japan reschedules Yemeni debts
Japan and Yemen signed an agreement for rescheduling Yemeni debts of 2.58 billion yen ($17.7 million). Yemen-Japan, Economics, 6/18/1998 - Iraqi vice president to brief Arab states on UN sanctions
Iraqi Vice-President Taha Yasin Ramadan launched an Arab tour beginning in Yemen where he met with Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Iraq-Yemen, Politics, 6/18/1998 - Yemeni FM highlights relations with Saudi Arabia Yemen-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 6/17/1998