President receives phone call from Abbas

SANA’A, Feb. 10(Saba)-President Ali Abdullah Saleh received Saturday a phone call from the President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas, chief of the executive committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization. Abbas acquainted president Saleh with the agreement to settle the recently mounting dispute between Fatah and Hamas movements. He also made it clear that the two movements agreed on forming a Palestinian national unity government and avoiding inter-Palestinian bloodshed. President Saleh welcomed the Mecca agreement, hoping that it takes intoaction and creates a firm and collaborative partnership between Fatah and Hamas. He restated Yemen’s stands towards supporting the Palestinian struggle to help Palestinians regain their lawful rights and establish their independent state and Quds as its capital. AM/AHSABA