Yemen heads African Horn Assembly [Archives:2005/906/Local News]

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December 26 2005

SANAA, 21 Dec 2005- Leaders of the Sana'a Assembly for Cooperation (SAC) are going to meat on Wednesday in Aden from 28/12/2005 to 29/12/2005. The Assembly will be headed by the president Ali Abdullah Saleh along with a participation the Sudanese president Omer AL-Basher, Ethiopian Prim Minster Meles Zenawi and the Somali president Abdullah Yousif Ahmed.

Foreign Minister Dr. Abu Bakr al-Qirbi told the mass media that Sana'a Assembly for Cooperation will focus on security cooperation among concerned countries of the African Horn, Southern Red Sea and Aden Gulf. Furthermore; the Sana'a Assembly for Cooperation will discuss a cooperation opportunities with the international community to combat terrorism and the protection of international nautical in Red Sea and Aden Gulf. The SAC will also discuss issues of security, development, peace, and economic integration regarding exporting sheep and cattle to Yemen and commercial market among Sana'a Gathering Countries.

Al-Qirbi points out that the SAC will call for more efforts to realize peace in Sudan and Somalia. It is worth mention that Sudan has made a progress in peace talks with the Sudan Liberation Movement in Naivasha, Kenya, and with Darfur. Moreover, the SAC will discuss what Gulf Countries Council can subsidize and restructure security in Somalia an Sudan. During the Assembly there will be invitation for expanding the membership.
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