As Yemen works to reset its economy and promote sustainable growth as to establish itself within the world community and reclaim its position within the Arabian Peninsula as a potent power, Yemen President Abdo Rabbo Mansour Hadi has been keen to cultivate bilateral ties with China.
While China’s friendship toward Yemen could prove not only fruitful but bountiful for the impoverished, Beijing would certainly benefit from Yemen’s vast natural resources (oil, gas, fisheries and minerals) as well as enjoy its geostrategic position, making such a partnership a logical and bilaterally beneficial one.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang who met on Thursday met with visiting Yemeni President Hadi, pledged to improve bilateral relations.
PM Li promised that his country would stand by Yemen throughout the last stages of its transition and would endeavour to improve all bilateral relations.
“China will continue to support Yemen's efforts in safeguarding its stability and development as well as advancing its political transition process … China is willing to upgrade the two countries' bilateral relations to a higher level,” he said at the meeting.
He added, “China is willing to increase cooperation in all fields, create better plans for economic and trade cooperation, further provide assistance for Yemen in personnel training, encourage more Chinese companies to conduct business in Yemen and broaden financing channels.”