Press Review [Archives:1999/14/Press Review]

Aden Daily, Official,
3/4/1999
A: Front-Page Headlines:
1. Abdo Rabbo Mansoor:
“Our country welcomes Chinese investments which will receive support and attention.”Zemin: “”Our bilateral relations will have a prosperous future.”
2. Official Yemeni-Czech Bilateral Talks.
3. Arab Parliamentary Delegation Visits Iraq.
B: Issue’s Editorial:
The rising level of conflict, war, ethnic cleansing and large-scale removal of populations in Kosovo and different parts of the Balkans are a bad omen coming from a region which was at the center of the start of two world wars.
The problem is that the Serbs, instead of discussing the Kosovar request for self-rule, responded in violence and by trying to impose their will and one-sided solutions. Unfortunately, the unfolding events point to a rapid deterioration of the situation as new factors and new players are continuously introduced into this tinder box. There is a real danger that the conflict will spread to involve the neighboring regions in Europe.
Even as the problem gets more complicated, the Yemeni position comes personified by President Ali Abdullah Saleh and expressed by Foreign Minister Abdul-Qader ba-Jammal, reflects a balanced a responsible attitude. As Foreign Minister Ba-Jammal received a letter from his Russian counterpart on this matter, he re-iterated the position of Yemen:
– That we are saddened by these dangerous developments and rising level of violence and the war being waged; and
– That there must be an immediate end to the Serbian ethnic cleansing policies and atrocities against the civilians of Kosovo.
Thus, the policy of our government once more indicates the rational and principled positions in interacting with world developments and in contributing for world peace, stability and harmony.

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