President Saleh meets US official

SANA’A, Sept. 1(Saba)- President Ali Abdullah Saleh met on Wednesday with the US Assistant Secretary of State for Political Military Affairs Lincoln P. Bloomfield Jr. They discussed Yemeni-American joint cooperation especially in military field and fighting terrorism as well as the current regional and international developments. For his part, the US official praised the development of Yemeni-American mutual cooperation relations and affirmed US’s interest to enhance its relations of with Yemen. He also highly appreciated Yemen’s anti-terrorism efforts and made clear the US was determined to end a veto on export of American weapons to Yemen. JW/AA