Written question asked by Chris McCafferty (Labour) on Wednesday, 13 January 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 19 January 2010. It was answered by Ivan Lewis (Labour) on Tuesday, 19 January 2010 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Yemen

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the political situation in Yemen.

Answer: Yemen continues to face economic crisis and state failure. Any worsening of the instability, terrorist activity and poverty present in Yemen will have a detrimental effect on security—within Yemen and in the region. The meeting in London on 27 January 2010 is part of our wider strategy towards Yemen, which aims to work with the international community to support the efforts of the Yemeni Government to address the fundamental problems it is facing.

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