almotamar.net - Well-informed sources said Monday that Assistant to the US President George Bush for Internal Security and Terrorism Combating Francis Townsend is due to arrive in the Yemeni capital Sana'a Monday on a visit to Yemen during which she meets president Ali Abdullah Saleh.

The sources said that Townsend would convey a message to president Saleh from the American president Bush dealing with bilateral relations and ways of enhancing them in various areas, mainly in development and combating terrorism, according to the quoting of 26september.net of those sources.

The US official visit to Yemen comes following her similar visit to Saudi Arabia where she conveyed a message to the Saudi monarch King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz from the American president Bush when he received her in the evening of the day before yesterday, according to the Saudi news agency that did not mention any further details.