Saleh receives letter from his Iranian counterpart

ADEN,Dec.22(Saba)-President Ali Abdullah Saleh met here on Wednesday Iranian Vice President for Cultural Heritage and Tourism, Hamid Baqaei, who is currently visiting Yemen. At the meeting, Baqaei delivered a letter to President Saleh from Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The letter expressed Iran’s keenness and intention to develop relations and push forward the cooperation areas at all political, cultural and economic levels between the two brotherly countries and peoples Saleh and Baqaei exchanged viewpoints towards various issues that concern the two countries and the Islamic nation and serve the security and stability in the region. President Saleh handed over Baqaei a letter of response to President Ahmadinejad, confirming Yemen’s keenness to strengthen its relations with Iran so as to serve the common interests of the two countries. BA Saba