Almotamar.net, Saba - President Ali Abdullah Saleh held a meeting on Sunday with members of the local council, sheikhs, social and cultural personalities and officials of Hadd district of Yafa region in Lahj governorate to listen to needs of the district for development and services projects.
In the meeting, president Saleh congratulated the attendants on 19th anniversary of the Yemeni unification, saying that the unification is a fate of the Yemeni people and result of their sacrifice.
He also appreciated a position of the Yafa district in defending the unity of the nation, which is for all Yemeni citizens, saying that the citizens of Yafa know what is meaning of the separation as they had suffered for years from it when conflicts were between the two former parts of Yemen and inside the one part.
We will not allow those to make Yemeni smaller, Yemen is big by its men who are existence in the entire world, he said.
President Saleh admitted there are mistakes happened in the whole country but not only in Aden, Lahj, Abyan, Hadramout, Shabwa, al-Maharah and al-Dali.
But, all country witnessed progress, he added.
He blamed the local councils of any fault, asking them to tackle these faults and follow up implementation of the development projects for the citizens.
Moreover, president Saleh pointed out to the constitutional amendments which would be taken and approval of the local ruling with wide range of power.
He affirmed importance of the unity, warning from the separation and its risk on the stability of the nation, calling on all to join efforts of all to build the nation.
He also warned of erupting the regionalism and sectarianism which aim at creating disagreement among citizens of the nation, calling on all to face those who do that.
President Saleh also asked the local authority and government to give priorities in the development plan to the needs of the Hadd district of Yafa.
Senior sheikh of Yafa Faris Hussein al-Harharah delivered a speech on behalf of the sheikhs of Yafa in which he confirmed support of the citizens of the region for the unification.
The United Arab Emirates acknowledged on Tuesday that two of its pilots were killed when their military aggression plane crashed over Jawf province, a military official said
The official added that the aggressive crashed plane was an apache that was
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Meanwhile, dozens of Saudi-paid mercenaries were killed and others injured in Wadi al-Theek in the district, the official added.
The army and popular forces carried out on Monday unique military operations in Taiz province.
A military official said that a number of Saudi-paid mercenaries were killed at the hands of the army and popular forces in al-Jazami Hill in al-Kadaha area in al-Ma'afer district.
A Saudi aggression fighter jet targeted a citizen's car driving in Fara area of Kutaf district in Saada province overnight, killing the driver and injuring his friend, a security official said on Monday.
The army artillery and popular committees launched a fierce attack on Saudi-paid mercenaries' sites in Jawf province, a military official said on Monday.
The attack destroyed a military vehicle belonging to the mercenaries and killed all on board in Sabran area in khab and shaaf district.
Scores of Saudi enemy soldiers were killed and injured on Sunday when the army and popular forces repelled a Saudi military attempt to sneak into Shurfah site in the border province of Najran, a military official said.
The operation was accomplished successfully against the Saudi
The army and popular committees have killed a total of 18 Saudi-paid mercenaries in sniper operations over the past hours in the central province of Marib, a military official said on Sunday.
Ten mercenaries were killed in Nehm district and eight others were killed in Serwah district, said the official.
Saudi aggression warplanes have launched more than 49 airstrikes over the past hours on several residential areas across Yemen, a security official said on Sunday.
The airstrikes targeted the areas of Malahiz and Husama in Dhahir district, and areas Thuban, Masahif and Sdad in Bakim district of northern Saada province.
President warns against reviving regionalism & sectarianism 
