Sources in Sanaa tell GSN that Yemen is attempting to draft an economic reform package before the upcoming Friends of Yemen meeting in London on 29 April. President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi travelled to Kuwait for the Arab League summit in March, accompanied by the minister for planning and international co-operation Mohammed Saeed Al-Saadi, in the hope of pushing forward talks on financial assistance already pledged to the cash-strapped government. Gulf neighbours have said they want to see a faster pace of reform, if they are to release the rest of funds pledged since 2012, and consider further aid.