Yemeni President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi met today with the French Ambassador in Sana’a Frank Julie. During the meeting, they discussed several topic related the bilateral ties and the French investments in Yemen. The French Ambassador, in a statement after the meeting, expressed France’s condemnation of the attack targeted the Yemeni defense minister, saying that such acts aimed to destabilize Yemen and deter the progress of the political settlement in the country. Julie asserted that French interest and close follow up to the implementation of the gulf initiative, saying that France would present all consultative, technical and economic aid to Yemen in this regard.