President chairs a meeting for GPC`s General Committee

SANA'A, May 01 (Saba)- President Ali Abdullah Saleh chaired on
Thursday a meeting for General People Congress's General Committee.

The meeting discussed developments on national and Arab arena led by
Israeli aggression against Palestinians in Gaza as well as issues
concerning role of the GPC during the forthcoming period and
preparations for 2009 parliamentarian elections.

The meeting reasserted Yemen's denunciation to Israeli aggression,
noting Yemen's attitude for supporting active move by UN Security
Council to stop the aggression and ending the blocked imposed on
Gazaians.

The committee highlighted results of Sana'a Forum held in Sudanese
Capital Khartoum for enhancing and improving joint work between the
forum's members for serving peace and development in these countries.

The committee welcomed the decision of the Sixteenth Gulf Summit
held in Muscat for including Yemen in other gulf institutions. It
affirmed that this decision is important step toward complete
integration with Gulf Cooperation Council.

The committee discussed also political developments on national area
such as success of the first phase of elections. It also discussed
democratic atmosphere and freedoms of press and other related topics.

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