Arabic News Weekly Edition for Yemen, 1/5/1998
Weekly Edition, Yemen - Week of January 5, 1998
- Yemen: mediation between Egypt and Qatar
Egyptian - Qatari relationships have again become strained after the reconciliation brokered by Saudi Arabia, and now Yemen is attempting a new mediation effort to clear the air between the two countries. Yemen, Politics, 1/9/1998 - Sanaa denies kidnapping German ambassador's daughter Yemen, Local, 1/9/1998
- Saudi Arabia to bolster relations with Yemen Saudi Arabia-Yemen, Politics, 1/9/1998
- Korean embassy officials' wife kidnapped in Yemen
Armed-men from al-Hada tribe had kidnapped the wife of the first secretary in the embassy of Southern Korea in Sanaa, her three year old daughter and an accompanying businessman. Yemen, Politics, 1/8/1998 - Yemeni President ratifies 1998 budget
The Yemeni President Ali Abadalla Saleh issued 5 decrees that would link the 1998 budget with the sectors of the religious possessions, the pension, the private funds and the economic field. Yemen, Politics, 1/7/1998 - Yemen to sign security agreement with Egypt soon
General Hussein Arab, the Yemeni minister of interior, stated that there is no borderline problem between his country and Saudi Arabia and said the problem of border demarcation by its very nature is complicated and requires a solution. Yemen-Egypt, Politics, 1/7/1998 - Yemen kidnapping Yemen, Local, 1/6/1998
- Message from Qatari prince to Yemeni president
Upon arriving home from Doha, Iranian Foreign Minister Abdul Karim al-Iryani said the message addresses "bilateral relations between the two countries and issues of mutual concern." Qatar-Yemen, Politics, 1/6/1998