Yemen to host consultative meeting on piracy in Gulf of Aden

SANA'A, Nov. 23 (Saba) - Yemen is to host next January the 2nd
consultative meeting of countries bordering the Red Sea on how end
the piracy phenomenon in the Gulf of Aden, the state-run
www.26.sep.net reported on Sunday.

The website quoted deputy Minister of Foreign Ali al-Ayashi as
saying that the first regional meeting on combating the piracy which
recently concluded in the Egyptian capital Cairo, had discussed
economic, political and legal sides of this phenomenon.

Al-Ayashi made clear that the meeting stressed the role of the
African Union, the U.N. and the Arab League to combat the piracy in
the Gulf of Aden.

"The meeting's agenda came out with recommendations to form a legal,
economic and political committee for finding the proposals and ways
to stop the piracy in the region", said al-Ayashi.

"The meeting supported efforts to fight sea piracy which threatens
the international trade route, condemning the hijacking of a Saudi
tanker by Somali pirates".

The Yemeni official pointed out that the regional states concerns
about the presence of the multinational forces, stressing the
importance of establishing a regional anti-piracy center to boost
security cooperation and fight this rampant phenomenon.