President Saleh heads for London

SANA’A, August 25 (Saba)- President Ali Abdullah Saleh headed on Wednesday with accompanying delegation for the United Kingdom an official visit as a reply to an invitation from the British Prime Minister Tony Balir. During the visit president Saleh would hold talks with UK officials dealing with the Yemeni-British joint cooperation relations and the means of enhancing them as well as a number of regional and international issues in top of them the developments in Palestine and Iraq as well as the two countries efforts to fight terrorism. The accompanying delegation inluded chairman of Shura Council Abdul-Aziz Abdul-Ghani, Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Qerbi, Minister of Trade and Industry Khaled Rajeh Sheikh and State Minister Abdullah Hussein al-Basheri. JW/NS