Al-Eryani: Yemeni- Saudi relations are in their best

Yemen's prime minister Abdul Karim al-Eryani has described Yemeni- Saudi relations as in their best. He viewed the issue of borders between the two states as being of no more a risk, adding he will discuss with Saudi officials during his next visit to al-Riyadh the question of borders between the two states means of ensuring job opportunities for Yemenis in Saudi Arabia.

On Yemen's joining the Gulf Cooperation Council in the future and the role that can be played by Saudi Arabia to this effect, al-Eryani added in a statement to the Saudi daily al-Watan that the GCC "as it was stated by the beginning of its establishment was a council for similar regimes and that Yemen cannot adapt itself to the membership of this council ( GCC)."

He explained if the GCC is a council that is governed by geography, history, social relations and demography, Yemen is qualified to join the GCC.