President Saleh attends en masse wedding of Republican Guards

SANA’A, July 11, (Saba)- President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Sunday put in an appearance in an en masse wedding for 37 bridegrooms all of them soldiers of Brigade 1 of the Republican Guards. The collective nuptial comes as part of a plan aimed to help alleviate the troubles of marriage for the soldiers and ensure stable matrimonial life for them. President Saleh touted the idea and called on the community for reduction of dowries which form a cause of celibacy. President Saleh expressed his good wishes for the couples calling on commanders of other units and other state circles to follow suit in the experience of collective marriage. AA/NSSABA