Yemen's Arab national conference postponed from March until May

The secretary general of the Arab national conference Zia Eddin Dawoud has announced postponing the date of convening the conference from the mid of March until May 20-23, because of war threats against Iraq.

In a statement issued yesterday Dawoud said that the postponement decision was taken "following contacts made with the officials in Yemen and taking their approval to postpone the date due to the conditions in the Arab region on the possible American attack against Iraq."