President Saleh receives congratulations from world leaders

SANA’A, May 21 (Saba) – President Ali Abdullah Saleh received on Friday cables of congratulations from a number of world leaders on the 14th anniversary of the National Day, May 22. Congratulators included the Chinese President Jintao Hu, French President Jacques Chirac, German President Johannes Rau, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Emir of Qatar Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani, Crown Prince of Qatar, Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, Libyan President Moaamer al-Qadhafi, Syrian President Bashar Al-Asad, King of Morocco, Mohamed VI, Iranian President Mohammed Khatami, King of Malaysia Yang Di-Pertuan Agong XII, Ethiopian President Girma Woldegiorgis, Pakistani leader Perves Musharaf, Sultan of Brunei Hassan Bolkiah, President of Mauritania, Maaouya Ould Sid Ahmed, Indian President Abdul Kalam, Queen of Britain Elizabeth II, Emperor of Japan Akihito, Governor General of Canada Adrienne Clarkson, Queen of the Netherlands Beatrix, President of Poland, Aleksander Kwasniewski, President of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, President of Armenia, Robert Kocharian, President of Bulgaria Georgi Purvanov, President of Czech Republic, Vaclav Claus, President of Croatia Stjepan Mesic, Emir of Kuwait, Jaber al-Ahmad Al Sabah, the Algerian President Abdul-Aziz Bouteflikah, President of Bangladesh Iajuddin Ahmed Slovakian President Schuster Rudolf, President of Serbia and Montenegro, Svetozar Marovic, King of Belgium Albert II, and Governor General of Australia, Michael Jeffrey. The congratulators expressed good wishes of welfare for President Saleh and prosperity for the people of the Yemen on the 14th anniversary of the Unification. Yemen will celebrate the National Day on Saturday. AH/AA/KM SABA