Yemeni president to visit Paris tomorrow

Yemeni diplomatic sources stated yesterday that Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh will be heading tomorrow to Paris, where he will hold talks with French

President Jacques Chirac and high-ranking officials in the French government which will focus on enhancing and developing Yemeni - French ties. The sources added that the main goal of the Yemeni president's visit to Paris is that Yemen wants to express its appreciation of French efforts to mediate between Yemen and Eritrea to solve the conflict over Greater Hanish Island in the Red Sea through international arbitration.