A message from Yemeni president to Syrian president

The assistant secretary general of the Baath Arab Socialist Party, Abdullah al-Ahmar, on Monday received the assistant secretary general for political affairs and chairman of the General People's Conference in Yemen, Yahya al-Mutawakil, who gave him a message addressed to Syrian President Hafez al-Assad from President Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen.

During the meeting al-Mutawakil conveyed President Saleh's greetings and warm wishes to President al-Assad.

Earlier in the day, talks were resumed between the Baath Party delegation led by al-Ahmar and the delegation of the Yemeni People's General Conference led by al-Mutawakil. Views were exchanged on each party's experience in order to set up democracy and strengthen national unity and areas of cooperation between the two political parties, as well as means of developing and strengthening cooperation between Syria and Yemen.