英國首相布朗決定1月28日在倫敦召開國際會議，討論也門的極端勢力問題。美國和歐盟對此決定表示支持，布朗還希望沙特阿拉伯和其他海灣國家領導人也參加會議。

布朗說，他希望國際社會不要拒絕向也門提供其對付極端主義所急需的支持。

布朗還表示，英國決定向也門提供1億英鎊（約合1.6億美元）的援助，并將向其提供反恐情報。召開也門問題國際會議的目的是了解該國的反恐需求，討論如何通過援助和改革來對付那里的極端勢力。

Brown: Britain to strengthen counter-terrorism cooperation with U.S. in Yemen

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, says his country is working with the US to strengthen their counter-terrorism cooperation in Yemen.

He made these comments during an interview with the BBC. According to the Prime Minister's Office, the two countries will work together to fund a counter-terrorism police unit in the country.

Gordon Brown, British Prime Minister, said, "I think we've got to also get back to the source of this, and that is Yemen, Somalia, Pakistan, and we've got to recognize that we've got a group of young people who have been radicalized as a result of teaching by extreme clerics, and we've got to recognize that we're fighting a battle for hearts and minds here as much as everything else. We will work with the American authorities, as General Petraeus is in Yemen at the moment, we'll work with them to improve the counter terrorism of the Yemeni authorities."

UK,US fund Yemeni anti-terrorism unit

An unnamed British official, said London is expected to give more than 160 million US dollars to Yemen in 2011 for counter-terrorism purposes. Over the weekend, US General David Petraeus met with Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sa-n'a to discuss coordination in the fight against al-Qaida.

Petraeus, announced that this year, Washington will more than double 67 million US dollars in counter-terrorism aid that it provided to Yemen in 2009.