French FM leaves Sana'a

SANA'A, Feb. 21 (Saba) - French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner
left Sana'a on Saturday after a short visit to Yemen, in which he
met with President Saleh and a number of governmental officials.

Upon his departure, Kouchner said to Saba that French attitude
supports Yemen's stance relating to the necessity of the unity of
the Palestinians, call of ceasefire in Gaza and work in the sake of
establishing Palestinian free and independent state.

During rebuilding of Gaza conference in Cairo on upcoming 2nd March
we hope to renew the call for ceasefire and we will work to achieve
success in the Palestinian two factions' unity, we the French are
willing just like Yemenis and intend to establish a Palestinian free
independent state, Kouchner said.

His visit to Sana'a was aimed to deepen friendly relations between
the two countries and continuation for a number of projects which
are to be agreed on later during exchanging visits expected to be
paid by President Saleh and Sarkozy within upcoming periods of 2009.

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