President Saleh receives FM in Riyadh

Saba
SANA’A, June 30 (Saba) – President Ali Abdullah Saleh has received in his royal suite at the Military Hospital in Riyadh Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Qirbi. In a statement aired in the Yemeni satellite channels, al-Qirbi said that President Saleh and all the injured senior state officials are in good health and they will return home as soon as possible. During their meeting, al-Qirbi briefed President Saleh on the overall political and economic issues, particularly those relating to the initiative of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the statement issued lately by President of the UN Security Council calling for an inclusive political dialogue between all the political powers in Yemen. Al-Qirbi affirmed that President Saleh has clearly directed the government to deal with the two initiatives positively to overcome the country’s current crisis. FJ/AF