New 'Friends of Yemen' group
A new group called 'Friends of Yemen' will be set up according to UK prime minister, Gordon Brown, to pool effort, resource and expertise with Middle Eastern allies to combat Al Qaeda
The UK prime minister said today: "By 2011 our already announced commitment to Yemen will exceed £100million, making the UK one of its leading donors.
"And we have already updated our counter-terrorism strategy to include further measures to disrupt al Qaeda's leadership and to frustrate its attempts to recruit, train and direct a new generation of terrorists - or to find a new haven for those leaders displaced by the efforts of our Afghan and Pakistani allies.
"It is right that we now also work more closely with allies in the region through a new 'Friends of Yemen' group, we will help establish to pool effort, resource and expertise.
"The threat can only be met through enhanced cooperation."
