President Saleh receives letter from Sarkozy

SANA'A, March 20 (Saba) - President Ali Abdullah Saleh received on Friday a written letter from the President of France Nicolas Sarkozy.

The letter dealt with mutual cooperation ties between the two countries and horizons
of boosting and improving them.

The French President hailed the significant level of relations between his country
and Yemen based on the confidence and partnership, confirming France's keenness to
strengthen these relations in various fields.

Sarkozy praised also the fruitful results of the last visit of his Foreign Minister
Bernard Kouchner to Yemen, mentioning it is an evidence for both countries' efforts
to enhance their joint cooperation fields.

In his letter, He also expressed aspiration to exchange discussions with President
Saleh during his planned visit to France.

Sarkozy congratulated Saleh on his birthday, wishing him further health, happiness
and for the Yemeni people progress and prosperity.

NN/YA