Al-Assad to visit Yemen

The Syrian foreign minister Farouk al-Shara has announced that President Bashar al-Assad will pay a visit to Yemen in the second half of September.

In a statement to the Yemeni news Agency Sabaa, on Sunday as he stopped at Aden's International airport in his way back to Damascus after he took part at the activities of the anti- racism Durban conference in South Africa, al-Shara described the President's visit to Yemen as very important that will avail a great opportunities for the two Presidents to deal with bilateral; regional and international issues. He stressed that Yemen and Syria are interested to strengthening bilateral relations in various fields to strengthen these relations.

He indicated that the events taking place in the occupied Arab territories, especially in the Palestinian territories require from the two presidents to discuss thoroughly means of supporting the Palestinian Intifada and mobilizing Arab efforts and revitalizing Arab solidarity, foremost being enhancing the Arab boycott of Israel.