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Fri, 10/24/2008 - 18:37
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Arrested terrorist cell contacts with Israeli Olmert's office:

SANA'A, Oct. 23 (Saba) - President Ali Abdullah Saleh has revealed
that the arrested terrorist cell approved to be linked to Israeli
inelegance contacted with the Israeli former Prime Minister Ehud
Olmert's office.

In a conversation with Egyptian TV made during his last visit to
Cairo after Eid al-Fitr vacation and aired late on Wednesday,
president Saleh renewed the country's attitude as a primary partner
with the International community in combating terrorism.

Concerning the foreign existence in the Red Sea, Saleh disclose that
Yemen holds talks with U.S., European Union, Malaysia and some
countries affected by the piracy phenomenon in order to convene a
conference for the countries overlooking on the Red Sea to discuss
cooperation to ensure the Red Sea security and safety in addition to
discuss how the international community, corporations and Arab and
African leagues could contribute to reconstruct Somali state
institutions.

He highlighted that the direct reason of the piracy phenomenon is
disintegration of the Somali State, calling on the international
institutions to contribute to restructuring Somali institutions.

"The foreign existence in the Red Sea will make nothing" the
president said, "German, U.S. Dutch and French warships have been
there and could not prevent pirates" he added. If the international
community does not work on rebuilding Somalia, it will remain the
one of the worst spots in the Horn of Africa.

On the other hand, President Saleh emphasized the deep-rooted
brotherly relations between Egypt and Yemen, indicating to the
Yemeni-Egyptian efforts to heal the rift among the Palestinian
bothers and focusing on dialogue principle.

He also talked about the Yemeni vision to how to activate the Arab
joint action and its project for an Arab Union alike to the European
Union.

Regarding the Yemeni-Gulf relations, he affirmed that Yemen is a
part of the Gulf Group and has already joined to some of its
institutions, asserting that most of the Gulf Cooperation Council's
leaders are interested in Yemen's accession to the GCC.

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