President Saleh condoles Putin on Yeltsin death

SANA’A, April 24 (Saba)- President Ali Abdullah Saleh sent a condolence cable to Russian President Vladimir Putin over the death of former president Boris Yeltsin. Saleh expressed his extreme sorrow over the departure of Yeltsin, saying that Russia has lost faithful state man made many achievements to the Russian people, while in office, on interior and exterior levels. He expressed his and of the Yemeni people deepest condolences to Putin, Russian people and Yeltsin’s family over this hurtful fatality, confirming his keenness on continuous work for developing sympathetic and historical relations between the two countries. MS/TN SABA