Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Dr. Mohamed al-Sa’adi headed on Sunday to the U.S. to partake in the meetings of Friends of Yemen and donors to be held in New York on September 25. Dr. al-Sa’adi told Saba that the meetings will discuss the current situation in Yemen and the progress in the political, security and economic aspects. He noted that he will participate in the meeting that will be opened by the UN Secretary General and Foreign Ministers of Yemen, Saudi Arabia and Britain, with participation of more than 40 countries and international organizations including the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. The minister pointed out that other meetings will be held, on sidelines of the Friends and donors meeting, to support Yemen in the humanitarian aspect ,which will be organized by UN organizations and a British organization. He expected that the meetings will be successful and will achieve its desired goals in supporting Yemen, confirming that such meetings indicates the interest of the international community in Yemen and the results of the national dialogue conference which represents all political forces for building the new Yemeni state.