Yemeni- Egyptian mediation to keep Libya at the AL

The Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has called on Libya to postpone its decision to withdraw from the Arab League. In a telephone call he had made with Libya's Leader of the Revolution Colonel Muammar al Qathafi, the Yemeni president stressed that the difficult conditions and challenges the Arab nation is facing, requires more efforts to be exerted to maintain Arab solidarity and unity of ranks.

Saleh also expressed his appreciation for the Libyan requests to revitalize the mechanism of the joint Arab activities through the Arab League in line with the interests of the Arab nation.

Yemeni official sources said that Saleh made a similar telephone call with President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt and the discussions centered on Libya's intention to pullout from the Arab League. The sources said that Saleh and Mubarak agreed to make efforts to convince Libya on giving up the pullout decision and to deal with the matter within its Arab framework.

The sources said that Presidents Saleh and Mubarak stressed that the current conditions the Arab nation passes requires maintaining Arab unity of ranks and solidarity as well as finding a new prospects for national work and integration among peoples of the nation for serving national interests.