26_September [Archives:2007/1056/Press Review]

Thursday, May 31
Main Headlines

– President Saleh receives letter from Qatari Emir

– Government appoints new 11 ambassadors to other countries

– Yemen sends team to assess damages in Lebanon's North Tower

– A Canadian parliamentary delegation to arrive in Sana'a this Thursday

– Yemen hosts Micro-Funding Fourth Conference

– Yemen hosts Preparatory Meeting for Establishing Arab Democracy Movement

The Yemeni Army organ said that Yemen is due to host on June 9 – 10 the Preparatory Meeting for Declaring the Arab Movement for Democracy and the Arab Democratic Pact. The event is scheduled to be held in the presence of NGOs representatives, who came from 15 Arab countries. It quoted Abdulkarim Al-Eryani, Political Advisor to President Ali Abdullah Saleh and Chairman of Cultural Bridge Forum, who is due to be in charge of organizing the event, as saying, “The meeting will be devoted to discussing an Arab project for establishing the Arab Movement for Democracy while the Arab Democratic Pact is planned to become a historic Arab document.”

Al-Eryani confirmed that the most recent presidential elections and its transparency and credibility helped reflect Yemen's move toward building a promising future for democracy. He added that the Yemeni electoral experience was appreciated by all the brotherly and friendly countries.
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