President Saleh meets Iraqi former PM

SANA’A, May 04 (Saba) – President Ali Abdullah Saleh received here on Tuesday the Iraqi National List head, former Prime Minister, Iyad Allawi who is currently visiting Yemen.Allawi briefed Saleh on the latest developments in Iraq as well as the results of the Iraqi Parliamentary elections and negotiations relating to the formation of a new government within the reconciliation framework among the Iraqi parties participated in elections.The two sides also talked about the Yemeni-Iraqi brotherly relations and the Arab and regional developments that concerns Arab nations.The President reaffirmed Yemen’s position in standing beside Iraq to ensure its security and stability as well as in preventing any interference in its internal affairs by any regional and international sides.FJ/AF