President Saleh meets officials participating in OIC session

SANA’A, June 29 (Saba)- President Ali Abdullah Saleh met Wednesday a number of officials participating in the 32nd session of the foreign ministers of Organization of Islamic Conference member countries. In their talks, President Saleh and the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergey Lavrov discussed the reformation of the United Nations organization, the fight against terror and the Russo-Yemen cooperation in economic, cultural, military and political spheres. In a meeting with the deputy Italian minister of foreign affairs, Alfrido Mantiko, President Saleh discussed the issue of UN reformation as included in the agenda of the three-day Islamic conference that opened on Tuesday. They also discussed Somalia, the Horn of Africa and the fight against terrorism. With the Iranian minister of foreign affairs Kamal Kharazi, President Saleh discussed the issues on the agenda of the Islamic conference, the reformation of the OIC and the joint resistance of intrusions that aim at splitting the bilateral relations. With the Thai foreign minister Khantathi Suphamongkon, President Saleh discussed the political and economic cooperation and exchange of expertise in artificial raining. With Hoshyar Zebari, the Iraqi foreign minister, Saleh discussed agenda of the gathering and the imperative of reconstructing war-torn Iraq into a modern, democratic and federal state. In the meeting with Abdullah Gul, the Turkish foreign minister, President Saleh discussed the reformation of the Islamic organization and the bilateral cooperation in economic, military, political and cultural fields. President Saleh affirmed in his meeting with the Palestinian foreign minister Nasir al-Qudwah Yemen’s longstanding commitment to supporting the Palestinian legitimate struggle for creating a viable state with Jerusalem as its capital. AA/AA SABA