,Almotamar.net, Saba - President Ali Abdullah Saleh chaired on Monday an expanded consultative meeting for the cabinet, leaderships of local authority, governors and secretaries general of local councils.

The meeting, which was attended by Vice President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi, a number of developments on national issues and issues associated with local authority topped by the National Strategy for Local Governance were discussed.

In the meeting, President Saleh delivered a speech in which he expressed pleasure for attending this expanded meeting assigned for discussing mechanism of implementing the strategy for its importance in enhancing decentralization and shifting to local governance.

He reviewed effects of rains and floods catastrophe befell country's eastern areas during the past few days.

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