President Saleh receives Russian official

SANA’A, Aug 07(Saba)- President Ali Abdullah Saleh received on Monday the head of the Russian United Airways Company who conveyed to Saleh the regards of the Russian president Vladimir Putin. President discussed with the Russian official the mutual cooperation between Yemen and Russia in field of air defense. He pointed out that the Yemeni-Russian relations are friendly, wishing more progress in such cooperation relations. TD/NS SABA