Almotamar.net - President Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen on Saturday received the US ambassador to Sana’a Stephen Seche and discussed with him aspects of cooperation in areas of security coordination, especially with respect to fighting terror. President Saleh also renewed Yemen’s demand for speedy handing over the Yemenis detained in Guantanamo and all files and information relating to them.
The meeting also discussed a number of issues pertaining to economic and political cooperation of the two friendly countries in the way realising joint goals and interests of Yemen and the US.
President Saleh also received today the French ambassador to Yemen Guilles Gauthier on the expiry of his term of office in Sana’a. During the meeting they reviewed the bilateral relations between the two countries and ways of boosting them in various fields.
Ambassador Gauthier expressed his gratitude and appreciation for the cooperation he received during his term office in Yemen by the officials in the state and the government, particularly President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
For his part President Saleh expressed his satisfaction over the level at which the relations between Yemen and France have reached, expressing his hope that the next period would witness increasing growth and development in various areas of cooperation.
Meanwhile, President Saleh received on Saturday the Chinese outgoing ambassador to Yemen Luo Xiaoguang on the occasion of the expiry of his term of office in Yemen.
Saleh praised the efforts the Chinese ambassador to Yemen has been doing in the interest of the two friendly countries.
Xiaoguang expressed his country's unlimited support for Yemen's unity, saying China considers the unity as a regional accomplishment that helps bring stability and peace to the whole region.
In 2007 the opposition Yemen Congregation for Reform (Islah) Islamic oriented Party maintained its having political and media sway over the Joint meeting Parties (JMP) block, also consisting of Yemen Socialist Party and the Nasserite Unionist Organisation.
Yemen is practically a cool green paradise, with crisp mountain air, enormous acacia trees, pristine coral reefs and verdant fields bursting with khat, a psychoactive plant that induces mild euphoria.
Sana'a: Yemen will not be able to combat terror without regional and international cooperation, said a Yemeni official, who warned of the ramifications of letting Yemen fight terrorism alone.
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