France renews full support for peaceful transition of power in Yemen

France has again confirmed its full support to Yemeni authorities and the efforts made in order to implement an orderly, peaceful and democratic transition of power in Yemen. French Foreign Ministry’s Spokesman, Philippe Alliot, said in a statement issued Friday evening in Paris and Saba received a copy of it: "One year after Yemen's signing of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) initiative that allowed the establishment of an orderly, peaceful and democratic transition of power in response to aspirations of the Yemeni people, France wants to reaffirm its support to President Abdo Rabbo Mansour Hadi and the national concord government. " The French official called on all Yemeni parties to hold the national dialogue in a transparent and balanced manner, so as to include all the concerned parties and in accordance with the timetable of the transition process. He confirmed that his country will work along with the rest of the countries sponsoring the Gulf initiative to provide the legal expertise, requested from it in time, to keep up with members of the national dialogue in their thinking about the orientations of the new constitution.