Al-Wahdawi [Archives:2008/1122/Press Review]
January 15
Top Stories
-NUPO leader: Yemen in urgent need for reconciliation and forgiveness to eliminate conflicts' consequences
-YSP: Government cheats the national project, attempts to fragment the nation
-Al-Qaeda Organization in Yemen vows to release jailed members
-US State Department: We can not trust Yemeni government to address Gitmo detainees' issues
-Joint Meeting Parties call on people to reject any price dose, demands government to review its failed policies
-News about Saleh's prospective meeting with exiled YSP leaders
Yemeni official sources refused to deny or confirm authenticity of news reports about a prospective meeting between President Ali Abdullah Saleh and exiled opposition leaders abroad among them the former Vice-President Ali Salem Al-Beedh, former Prime Minister Haidar Abu Bakr Al-Attas and former President of South Yemen Ali Nasser Mohammed, who is also a prominent Yemeni Socialist Party (YSP) leader, the weekly reported. It quoted a pro-government paper as reporting on Monday that communications were made via mediators between President Saleh and opposition leaders abroad with the aim of allowing the latter return home and reoccupy their posts in the government.
Some government sources refused to comment on the published reports, saying that “Any meeting will be announced at the time when it is being held.” The Ghad Newspaper, however, has reported that a meeting was held abroad between President Saleh and exiled opposition leaders. It quoted well-informed sources as saying that “The mediators reached positive results and such results due to constitute unexpected political surprise. The Yemeni people may view these results on the T.V. screens.”
According to the NUPO's mouthpiece, the meeting is expected to take place in an Arab country, known for its strong relations with Yemen, if not in Aden, Sana'a or Mukalla. It went on to say that the purpose of forming the mediation team is to persuade the opposition leaders, residing abroad since 1994 Civil War, to return home and take part in a national coalition to meet any current challenges and prepare the country for a better future.
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