Arabic News Weekly Edition for Yemen, 7/17/2000
Weekly Edition, Yemen - Week of July 17, 2000
- Yemen reduces military expenditures
The Yemeni Arab republic on Thursday announced that the border agreement it had recently signed with Saudi Arabia will help it reduce its military expenditures and divert the state's assets to channels of economic and social development. Yemen-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 7/21/2000 - Yemen to enhance commercial relations with Saudi Arabia
Yemen renewed its wish to enhance the economic and commercial relations with Saudi Arabia after ratifying a treaty for maritime and land border demarcation as Yemen offered 3 joint large enterprises to strengthen the partnership between the two states. Saudi Arabia-Yemen, Economics, 7/20/2000 - Yemeni foreign debts expected to increase
Yemeni financial sources stated that the amount of the foreign debt reached nearly 6.14 billion dollars at the end of 1999 which form 98% of the gross domestic production (GDP), expecting that this volume may increase greatly during the coming years. Yemen, Economics, 7/19/2000