President Saleh receives letter from Turkish counterpart

SANA’A, April 04 (Saba)- President Ali Abdullah Saleh received on Saturday a written letter from Turkish President Abdullah Gul related to the brotherly and cooperation relations between the two countries, especially cultural and manuscripts cooperation and horizons of boosting this kind of cooperation. The Turkish President has sent a specialist researcher in the investigation of old Koran books who handed over the letter to director of Presidential Office Ali al-Ansi on Saturday. During the meeting, they discussed means of boosting cooperation ties in the cultural field and maintaining Koran and heritage manuscripts and making use of the Turkish experiences in documenting manuscripts and preservation, especially investigating the Grand Mosque’s holy book which is considered one of the ancient historical books. NN/AM Saba