Yemeni-Egyptian meeting on developments in region

CAIRO, Oct. 04 (Saba) - President Ali Abdullah Saleh and his Egyptian counterpart Mohammed Hosni Mubarak held on Saturday a closed door meeting in the Egyptian capital Cairo.

Well-informed sources said to Saba that the two Arab Presidents
talked over issues of bilateral cooperation ties and ways to develop
and expand cooperation between the two countries in various fields,
particularly in economic, trade, investment and security fields.

President Saleh and his Egyptian counterpart Mubarak also discussed
the latest developments and the situations in the Arab, regional and
international arenas of common concern, particularly the current
developments in the Palestinian territories, Iraq and Lebanon as
well as the latest developments in Darfur and Somalia and the
security of the Red Sea and ways of combating piracy.

The sources said that a number of Yemeni and Egyptian officials
attended an another meeting co-chaired by President Saleh and
President Mubarak in which they discussed the brotherly relations
between the two countries and the level of implementation of the
agreements, cooperation protocols and memos of understanding signed
by the two countries to serve common interests of both countries'
peoples.

The talks dealt with the latest developments and the situations in
the region, particularly in Palestine and means of coordinating
efforts to heal the Palestinian rift and resolve the differences
between Fatah and Hamas in order to resume dialogue between the
Palestinian factions.

The Yemeni-Egyptian talks focused on the fight against terrorism and
ways to secure the international navigation route in the southern
region of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden as well as the two
countries' efforts to combat piracy.

The two sides' talks included also the current developments in Iraq,
Sudan, Somalia and the Horn of Africa.