AlmotaMAR.NET, sABA - President Ali Abdullah Saleh reaffirmed that the upcoming 4th parliamentary elections in Yemen are t be held in the fixed date on 27 April 2009. he also stressed that any postponement would harm the democratic process and leads to the creation of a crisis similar to that of the war and secession in the years 1993-’94 that was concocted by those who started it to instigate sedition and damage the homeland and its unity as well as its democratic approach.
The President’s remarks on elections came during his meeting on Saturday the in Sana’a the British Minister for International Development Mike Foster, currently on a visit to Yemen.
President Saleh praised the high-level of cooperation between the two countries and the British role during the donor conference held in London to support the development and democracy in Yemen.
For his part, the British Minister affirmed his country's keenness on expanding areas of cooperation between the two countries.
Regarding the ongoing situation in Gaza, President Saleh affirmed the significant role Britain and the European Union might play to exert pressure on Israel to carry out the resolutions of international legitimacy and to open the crossings as well as ending the siege imposed on the Palestinian people in Gaza.
The Israeli leaders, who committed the barbaric crimes and massacres against the Palestinians, must be brought to the International justice, the president added.
Moreover, the meeting discussed the ten-year development cooperation agreement signed between Yemen and Britain.
The meeting discussed bilateral relations and joint cooperation between the two countries as well as the assistance offered by Britain for the development process in the country.
Worth to mention is that UK raised its development assistance to Yemen to £ 50 million annually. It also extended a gift of $ 2 million for the reconstruction of Saada province.
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.
President affirms elections are held on time
