Almotamar.net - Yemen's foreign minister Dr Abu Bakr al-Qirbi said Saturday the Gulf Cooperation Council represents distinguished experiment that its member states were able to make qualitative achievements in development and modernisation in political, economic, educational and social areas as well as in security cooperation which positively was reflected on security, stability and prosperity of the member states' peoples.
On the 26th anniversary of the establishment of the GCC on 25 May 1981 the Yemeni foreign minister praised the achievements realized by the GCC at all levels. He pointed out that the GCC is considered a sole regional grouping that managed to stand fast in the face of all challenges and dangers the region has faced.
Dr al-Qirbi said the Yemeni-Gulf relations are presently witnessing the most flourishing period and they are moving in a continuous mobility.
The minister added "We and our brothers in the GCC focus on more cooperation and Yemen accession to other GCC establishments and above that concentration on increasing and integration of economic and trade interests between Yemen and the GCC States through direct developmental support or Gulf investments in Yemen that will create economic growth and job opportunities for the youth. Matters are progressing satisfactorily by virtue of stances of President Ali Abdullah Saleh and the efforts exerted by the GCC secretary general Abdulrahman Al-Attiyah."
The United Arab Emirates acknowledged on Tuesday that two of its pilots were killed when their military aggression plane crashed over Jawf province, a military official said
The official added that the aggressive crashed plane was an apache that was
Artillery of the army and popular shelled a gathering of Saudi-paid mercenaries in al-Moqadra area in Serwah district of Marib province, a military official said on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, dozens of Saudi-paid mercenaries were killed and others injured in Wadi al-Theek in the district, the official added.
The army and popular forces carried out on Monday unique military operations in Taiz province.
A military official said that a number of Saudi-paid mercenaries were killed at the hands of the army and popular forces in al-Jazami Hill in al-Kadaha area in al-Ma'afer district.
A Saudi aggression fighter jet targeted a citizen's car driving in Fara area of Kutaf district in Saada province overnight, killing the driver and injuring his friend, a security official said on Monday.
The army artillery and popular committees launched a fierce attack on Saudi-paid mercenaries' sites in Jawf province, a military official said on Monday.
The attack destroyed a military vehicle belonging to the mercenaries and killed all on board in Sabran area in khab and shaaf district.
Scores of Saudi enemy soldiers were killed and injured on Sunday when the army and popular forces repelled a Saudi military attempt to sneak into Shurfah site in the border province of Najran, a military official said.
The operation was accomplished successfully against the Saudi
The army and popular committees have killed a total of 18 Saudi-paid mercenaries in sniper operations over the past hours in the central province of Marib, a military official said on Sunday.
Ten mercenaries were killed in Nehm district and eight others were killed in Serwah district, said the official.
Saudi aggression warplanes have launched more than 49 airstrikes over the past hours on several residential areas across Yemen, a security official said on Sunday.
The airstrikes targeted the areas of Malahiz and Husama in Dhahir district, and areas Thuban, Masahif and Sdad in Bakim district of northern Saada province.