French security team in Yemen [Archives:2002/52/Front Page]

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December 23 2002

SANA’A- A French security team is currently conducting talks with Yemeni security authorities on existing cooperation between the two countries in this field.
The talks have come after the attack of the French oil supertanker, Limburge at al-Mukalla port on 6 of last October, as investigations are still going on to hunt down the elements who had helped in implementation of the attack incident.
26 September, a weekly newspaper reported on Thursday that the French interior ministry security team of investigators, currently visiting Sana’a is to follow up investigation into the terrorist attack of the French oil tanker was exposed to.
Yemeni authorities had in October and November arrested 20 persons suspected to be involved in the attack in which a Bulgarian seaman was killed.
It is also reported that a French team representing Justice Ministry would visit Yemen at the beginning next January to get acquainted with results of investigation on Limburge incident and information gathered by Yemen on the incident.

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