President Saleh arrives in Cairo

CAIRO, Nov. 10 (Saba)- President Ali Abdullah Saleh arrived on Saturday evening in Cairo in response to an invitation from his Egyptian counterpart Mohammed Hosni Mubarak to take part in the ceremony of opening the 11th Pan-Arab Games to be held in Egypt for period from 11 to 25 November. It is scheduled that President Saleh would hold talks with his Egyptian counterpart over brotherly ties and field of the cooperation between the two countries as well as exchanging viewpoints over the regional and international developments. Upon his arrival in Cairo, President Saleh was welcomed by President Mubarak and other Egyptian officials. On the sidelines of the participation in the ceremony, Saba was learned that President Saleh would participate with the Egyptian president, the Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz and the Iraqi President Jalal Talabani in a quartet summit. The quartet summit would discuss the current situations in Palestine, Iraq, Lebanon and Somalia in addition to the Arab peace initiative and coordination of viewpoints of these countries over the agenda of the upcoming meeting of the Islamic Conference Organization. AH/YA Saba