Presidsent receives French senates mission

SANA’A, April 23(Saba)- President Ali Abdullah Saleh met here on Sunday with the visiting mission of the French Senates headed by the chief of French-Yemeni Friendship Committee, André Ferrand.

The mission forwarded president Jacques Chirac greetings and wishes of prosperity and progress to president Saleh and the Yemeni government and people.

The French mission lauded Yemen democratic process and Yemeni-French strong relations. It asserted the importance of bilateral partnership, especially in the economic and commercial fields.

The talks also focused on the regional situations, in Palestine and Iraq in particular, in addition to the role of France and the EU to push peace process forward.

President Saleh welcomed the French investments in Yemen, assuring that it would get all help and facilities to be established for the common interest.

Saleh talked over developments in field of democracy, freedom of press and human rights in light of establishing the ministry of human rights out of national willingness.

He said that Yemen welcomes aids for supporting democracy and development process without any conditions.

He also noted that well-off countries should help under-developing countries in order to support development and eradicate poverty that is considered the main source of extremism.

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SABA