Yemeni president arrives in Tripoli

Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gaddafi on Monday in Tripoli discussed with Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh the latest developments concerning Arab and international conditions.

On the Libyan side the meeting was attended by high-ranking Libyan officials, and the Yemeni side was attended by members of the delegation accompanying President Saleh.

In an earlier arrival statement in Tripoli, the Yemeni president said his visit to Libya falls in the course of strengthening relations between the two states, discussing developments on the Arab and international arenas and strengthening Arab solidarity in light of current developments the Arab nation is undergoing.

The Yemeni president is accompanied by a delegation including Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani, the chairman of the consultation council; Abdul Qader Bajmal, the deputy premier and foreign minister; Minister of the Interior Hussein Muhammad Arab and the secretary of the Yemeni Presidency, Abdullah Hussein al-Bashri.