No tyranny in my term, President Saleh says

SANA'A, Nov. 05 (Saba) - "No tyranny in my term but a fair
democratic ruling that I accepted to the people, including
opposition", President Ali Abdullah Saleh said on Wednesday.

In an interview with the Kuwaiti paper "al-Syasiah" published on
Wednesday, President Saleh asserted that the development process
will not stop because the opposition is not satisfied.

"Development process moves forwarded very well in all fields", he
highlighted, adding that great achievements have been made in Yemen
during the last three decades, including the "Yemeni unification"
which is the greatest of them.

He talked about the Yemeni success in democracy and freedom of
opinion and expression, stressing that the democratic option chosen
by the Yemenis is unwavering.

Speaking about the global financial crisis, president affirmed that
the Yemen is not affected with, except in dropping down the oil
exports revenues due to the decline in the international oil prices,
making clear to the Yemen's dependence on the liquefied gas project
that will initiate exporting gas next year.

The liquefied gas project will compensate the decline in the oil
exports revenues resulted from the decline in the Yemen's oil
production (400,000 barrels per day (bpd) to 280,000 bpd), he said.

"Yemen is rich of its oil and gas exploration besides its other
resources", the president said, highlighting that the thirty
companies working in Yemen in field of oil exploration and all of
them reported affirmative indicators.

He made reference to the investment opportunities, saying that Yemen
has many promising investment opportunities, pointing out that Yemen
is still continuing updating its laws to meet with the investment's
requirements and attract the capitals, particularly from the Gulf
States.

Regarding the Yemeni-Gulf relations, President Saleh revealed that
he would send a letter to the leaders of the Gulf Cooperation
Council (GCC) in the coming summit in Oman related to determining
the requirements to qualify Yemen to be a full member in the GCC as
well as the GCC aid to rehabilitate the country, describing the
Gulf-Yemeni relations as "very excellent".

The president Saleh considered the piracy acts in the international
waters in the Aden Gulf as a kind of terrorism, reminding that he
has already worn of the perils of such acts.

He accented that he has suggested to U.S. and Europe to support the
re-stabilize and bring peace bake to Somalia as well as assist it in
reconstructing its country and institutions to avoid the negative
impacts of the Somali's deterioration, indicating that these advices
were not responded.

The President Saleh dealt, during the interview, with several
economic and political developments in Yemen and the country's
attitudes towards some events in the regional and international
arenas.