President Saleh discusses Yemen-GCC cooperation

SANA’A, March 07(Saba)- President Ali Abdullah Saleh met on Monday with the visiting Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council Abdul-Rahman al-Atiya discussing with him the Yemen GCC cooperation. Al-Atiya gave President Saleh an account on the latest in the procedures for Yemen’s accession to the GCC and the pertaining resolutions of the last GCC summit. President Saleh, however, has called for harmonizing the commercial laws of Yemen with those of the GCC in over sixty days and welcomed the idea of joining Yemen to the Free Trade Zone of the GCC countries. He highlighted the need of setting up a fund for Yemen compensation to back the Yemeni products to compete with products of GCC countries. The President also renewed Yemen’s welcome of any procedures for qualifying Yemen to secure membership in the GCC. JW/AA SABA