Almotamar.net - President Ali Abdullah Saleh confirmed there are no reservations on part of Gulf Cooperation Council GCC states in terms of Yemen accession to the Council. He said,” Yemen will remain adhering to strong relations with the Gulf States in the bilateral or collective frame, whether Yemen joined the GCC or did not.” The President also praised his meetings with leaderships and officials in Bahrain.
In an interview with Bahraini Alayyam newspaper on Friday, President Saleh revealed the volume of trade exchange between Bahrain and Yemen as estimated at more than $ one billion and 250 annually and he also welcomed the Bahraini Gulf investments in Yemen in general, saying they would find all encouragement and “we would offer them many facilities.”
On the Higher Joint Commission, the two countries approved to set up following the President’s visit to Bahrain, the President said it would hold its first meetings next June and would be concerned with enhancement of the two countries’ cooperation in investments. Regarding Yemen accession to the GCC the President denied his knowledge of existence of any reservations on part of the Gulf States.
The President also affirmed that Yemen will continue to be sticking to close relations with the Gulf States whether in the bilateral o the collective framework.
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.