Yemeni and Eritrean presidents to meet on Wednesday in Aden

Yemen will officially take control tomorrow of Greater Hanish Island in the Red Sea from Eritrea with all its establishments including those established by Eritrean forces since they occupied the island in the middle of 1995.

Eritrean President Assyas Afworki is to pay an official visit to Yemen on Wednesday to enhance the most recent positive developments in the relations between the two countries.

The Yemen Ministry of Defense is making preparations for a formal celebration for raising the Yemeni flag over Hanish Island in the attendance of the defense minister, General Mohammed Deif Allah, and high-ranking military leaders.

Also, Yemen and Eritrea decided to exchange embassies several years after disputes between the two countries over the Hanish Islands, said Yemeni Foreign Minister Abdul Qader Bajmal, who was received by his Egyptian counterpart, Amr Moussa, yesterday.

Moreover Bajmal said the Eritrean president will visit Aden on Wednesday for his first official visit to Yemen in several years, to discuss the Palestinian - Israeli Wye Plantation agreement.

He pointed out that specifying borders between Yemen and Saudi Arabia is subject to particular mechanism specified by a 1995 note of understanding and he said the two countries abide by intimate relations and methods.