almotamar.net - Advisor to president of the republic Abdulqader Bajammal on Saturday emphasised the political leadership interest in the role of literature and culture in enlightening the society, lauding the role of the Yemeni man of letters and thinker and their position in building the society and contributing to the culture with national issues that that played outstanding roles in national struggle movement.

Opening the Festival of the Yemeni Literature in Aden Saturday morning Bajammal added the Union of Writers was bearing the pioneering and the call for unification of Yemen and calling the intellectuals for fighting ideas hostile to the democratic course and the Yemeni unity. He deemed the Writers Union as a pioneering in the first Yemeni unitary steps before its re-achievement.

It is to be indicated that thee Yemeni Writer Festival held in Aden Saturday, and attended by resident of Aden University, deputy governors of Aden, chairman of the Writers Union and a large number of intellectuals, has honored more than 74 literary personalities.