London: British Prime Minister Gordon
Brown has called an international meeting on fighting
extremism in Yemen for January 28 in London, a statement from
his Downing Street office said on Friday.
The meeting, on the same day as a conference on
Afghanistan, comes after an alleged bid by a Nigerian man
suspected of receiving al Qaeda training in Yemen to attack a
plane as it came in to land in Detroit in the US on December
25.
"Gordon Brown has invited key international partners
to a high-level meeting in order to discuss how best to
counter radicalisation in Yemen," the statement said. "The
prime minister will host the event on 28 January in London."
Downing Street added the meeting would "stand alone"
but run "in parallel" with the Afghanistan event, which is
expected to be attended by senior ministers or leaders from
around 43 nations.
The aims of the meeting will include identifying what
the Yemeni government needs to help it fight violent extremism
and coordinating assistance for areas most at risk of
radicalisation, the statement said.
PTI
First Published: Saturday, January 02, 2010, 00:09