{"id":645710,"date":"2013-03-07T11:13:22","date_gmt":"2013-03-07T16:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/serkadis.com\/index\/?guid=5bb3512ba461e9f30f782aeeee438945"},"modified":"2013-03-07T11:13:22","modified_gmt":"2013-03-07T16:13:22","slug":"partnering-with-the-people-of-yemen-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/645710","title":{"rendered":"Partnering with the People of Yemen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"embed\">\n<div class=\"clearfix\" id=\"small-node-embed-image-detail\">\n  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/embedded_img_small\/image\/image_file\/yemen_students.jpg\" alt=\"Yemen Students\" title=\"Yemen Students\" width=\"430\" height=\"179\" class=\"imagecache imagecache-embedded_img_small\" \/>  <\/p>\n<p>    (by USAID)  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Editor&rsquo;s Note:&nbsp; On March 7, Deputy Secretary of State Bill Burns led the U.S. delegation to the Friends of Yemen ministerial meeting in London, United Kingdom.&nbsp;This meeting reaffirmed the international community&rsquo;s continued support for the people of Yemen during their historic transition process, including the upcoming National Dialogue and, ultimately, national elections in early 2014.&nbsp; The United States is committed to the Friends of Yemen process and its goal of supporting Yemen as it endeavors to achieve meaningful political, economic, and security sector reform.&nbsp;As part of this commitment, Rashad Hussain, Special Envoy to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, recently traveled to Yemen.<\/p>\n<p>As a part of our on-going efforts to deepen and expand partnerships with Muslim communities around the world, I recently visited Sana&#39;a, Yemen. I heard first-hand from Yemeni government officials, civil society, and religious leaders about a variety of issues, including the country&rsquo;s political transition and National Dialogue, U.S.-Yemen cooperation, and U.S. engagement with Muslim communities around the world. I was impressed by the passion and optimism of Yemen&rsquo;s vibrant civil society, and by the determination and sincerity of its people. There is so much more happening in Yemen than what is conveyed in news headlines that I wanted to share some of my observations.<br \/>\n\t&nbsp;<br \/>\n\tJust before my arrival, the government announced that the National Dialogue would officially begin on March 18. I spoke with a broad array of civil society activists about their goals and concerns about the National Dialogue.&nbsp; I encouraged the full and active participation of all parts of Yemeni society in the National Dialogue, and highlighted the important role that civil society plays in ensuring the Dialogue&rsquo;s success.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/blog\/2013\/03\/07\/partnering-people-yemen\" >read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(by USAID) Editor&rsquo;s Note:&nbsp; On March 7, Deputy Secretary of State Bill Burns led the U.S. delegation to the Friends of Yemen ministerial meeting in London, United Kingdom.&nbsp;This meeting reaffirmed the international community&rsquo;s continued support for the people of Yemen during their historic transition process, including the upcoming National Dialogue and, ultimately, national elections in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7747,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-645710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7747"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=645710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645710\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=645710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=645710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=645710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}