Sooth Yemen

The Fowkdemocratic Republic o Yemen — referred tae as Democratic Yemen, Sooth Yemen, Sooth Arabie, or Yemen (Aden) an aw — wis a socialist republic in the present-day soothren an eastren Provinces o Yemen. It unitit wi the Yemen Arab Republic, commonly kent as North Yemen, on Mey 22, 1990 tae form the current Republic o Yemen.

 Unification 

Unlik East Germany an Wast Germany or North Korea an Sooth Korea, the northren Yemen Arab Republic (YAR) an the PDRY remained relatively friendly, tho relations wur aften strained. In 1972 it wis declared unification wad eventually occur.

Housomeivver, thir plans wur put on hauld in 1979, an war wis ae preventit bi an Arab League intervention. The goal o unity wis reaffirmed bi the northren an soothren heids o state durin a summit meetin in Kuwait in Mairch 1979.

In 1980, PDRY preses Abdul Fattah Ismail resigned an went intae exile. His successor, Ali Nasir Muhammad, teuk a less interventionist stance toward baith North Yemen an neighbourin Oman. On Januar 13, 1986, a violent struggle began in Aden atween Ali Nasir's supporters an supporters o the returned Ismail, who wantit pouer back. Fechtin lastit for mair nor a month an resultit in thoosans o casualties, Ali Nasir's ouster, an Ismail's daith. Some 60,000 fowk, includin the deposed Ali Nasir, fled tae the YAR. Ali Salim al-Beidh, an ally o Ismail who haed succeedit in escapin the attack on pro-Ismail members o the Politburo, then became General Secretary o the Yemeni Socialist Pairty.

In Mey 1988, the YAR an PDRY governments came tae an unnerstandin that considerably reduced tensions includin agreement tae renew discussions concernin unification, tae establish a joint ile exploration aurie alang thair undefined border, tae demilitarize the border, an tae allae Yemenis unrestrictit border passage on the basis o anerlie a naitional identification card.

 Economy 
Thare wis little industrial ootput, or mineral wealth exploitation, in Sooth Yemen, till the mid-1980s, follaein the discovery o significant petroleum reserves in the central regions near Shibam an Mukalla. The main soorces o income wur agricultur, maistly fruit, cereal crops, cattle an sheep, fishin an later, ile exports.

The naitional budget wis 13.43 million dinars in 1976, an the gross naitional product wis USD $150 million. The tot naitional debt wis $52.4 million.

Category:History o Yemen
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