President returns home

SANA’A, March 31 (Saba) – President Ali Abdullah Saleh arrived in Sana’a Tuesday evening coming from the Qatari capital, Doha.President Saleh has taken part in meetings of the 21st round of the Arab Summit and the 2nd Summit of Arab States and South America Countries held in the Qatari capital, Doha.In his speech at a closed-door meeting of the Arab summit which kicked off and concluded last Monday, President Saleh said that everyone must take their responsibilities towards the Arab issues, confirming the necessity of improving the Arab joint action.The President renewed his call for more efforts in fighting against terrorism and developing the mechanisms of security and intelligence coordination between Arab countries to face terrorist threats.Well-informed sources mentioned that President Ali Abdullah Saleh withdrew on Monday from the closed-door and concluding sessions of the Doha Summit.The withdrawal comes in protest for not allowing the Yemeni vision on activating mechanisms of the Arab joint action and establishing an Arab union to be read.Worth to mention that Yemen presented an initiative, during the 21st Arab summit, aimed at activating the Arab joint work in political, economic, and cultural and security fields based on establishing an Arab union.BA/AF