President receives letters from British officials

SANA'A, July 25 (Saba)-President
Ali Abdullah Saleh received on Saturday two letters from British Prime Minister and
Foreign
Minister Gordon Brown and David Miliband respectively over bilateral relations
between the two countries and latest regional and international developments of
common concern.
The letters were handed over by head of the foreign affairs at House of Commons
during his meeting with president Saleh.
In their letters, the two UK officials affirmed the British position, which
supports unity and security of Yemen, considering the Yemeni unity as better
foundation for enhancing
stability and security in the region.
They expressed thanks of the United Kingdom for the cooperation of Yemen in field
of combating terror and efforts of finding out fate of the British and German
doctors who
were kidnapped in Saada.
In his letter, the British foreign minister pointed out to increase of the UK
assistance to Yemen to be 50 million by 2011 to support the development in Yemen.
President Saleh valued the UK support for Yemen, highlighting level of the
relationship between Yemen and United Kingdom.
He confirmed concern of Yemen to boost its ties with the UK in different field of
cooperation to serve common interests of bother peoples.
President Saleh said that security bodies have exerted efforts to following the
kidnappers to arrest them to send them then to justice.
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