Tunis and Yemen call for supporting the Palestinians

The Tunisian President Zein El-Abidin Bin Ali and the Yemeni counterpart Ali Abdu Allah Saleh focused in their talks yesterday on the necessity to gather all the Arab support for the Palestinian cause.

An official source said that the two presidents also emphasized the necessity to achieve peace and security, and they expressed at the same time their deep anxiety toward the Israeli assaults against the Palestinian citizens.

They also assured their stable support for the Palestinian people's legal rights especially their rights to an independent country with Jerusalem as capital.

The two leaders urged the lifting of the imposed sanctions on Iraq in the frame work of the international legitimacy with guarantees for the sovereignty and unity of Iraq.