In addition, there are the protocol and governmental support staff. Finally, there are the presidential security and airplane staff. Japan is one of the 3 top aid partners of the Republic of Yemen, along with the Federal Republic of Germany and the Netherlands. In addition, there is a substantial on-going annual aid relief program. Political cooperation and understanding between the 2 countries has also been growing.
Japan continues to give full support to Yemen's democratic transformation.
The Yemeni leader also touched on a number of internal difficulties, notably terrorism and kidnapping that have reently troubled the country. These activities are alien to the nature of our society and our values. He added that the new budget of the government calls for major investments in services and infrastructure 1999. The trial, in Zanzibar, Abyan governorate, was attended by more than 200 persons - mostly journalists, lawyers and others. The defendants were also charged with undertaking sabotage operations in Yemen, under an organization called the Aden and Abyan Islamic Army.