President Saleh meets Syrian Vice-president

SANA’A, Sep 6 (Saba)- President of the Republic Ali A. Saleh along with vice president Abdu-Rabu Mansour Hadi has held a meeting here on Saturday with the Syrian Vice president, Abdul Halim Khaddam. Khaddam conveyed a message from the Syrian president Bashar Al-Asad to President Ali Abdullah Saleh related to the brotherly relations and the fields of cooperation and the means of enhancing them as well as the latest developments in the region. During the meeting, they discussed several issues that concerning the brotherly relations between the two countries as well as consultation on the regional, Arab and international developments and two issues of Palestine and Iraq occupation, as well as coordination of attitudes between the two countries towards these issues. The meeting discussed the Arab initiatives including the Yemeni initiative for activating, the Arab joint work and improving the mechanisms of the Arab work to enhance the aspirations and ambitions of the Arab citizens to achieve the solidarity and unity and economic integration. On his part ,President Saleh got Khadam to convey his greetings to Bashar Al-Asad and his wishes for the Syrian people to achieve more progress and prosperity. NA/NM SABA