President Saleh meets Chief of US central command

SANA’A, Jan 04(Saba)- President Ali Abdullah Saleh met on Tuesday with chief of the US central command Gen. John Abizaid. In the meeting, they discussed the Yemeni-American mutual cooperation relations, especially in military field, fighting terrorism as well asthe situations in Iraq, Palestine, Afghanistan and the Horn of Africa. Abizaid praised the development of the Yemeni-American bilateral cooperation relations and coordination of anti-terrorism efforts. He underlined the U.S keenness to strengthen its relations with Yemen in various fields for serving interests of the two friendly countries. JW/NS SABA