Arabic News Weekly Edition for Yemen, 2/1/1999
Weekly Edition, Yemen - Week of February 1, 1999
- Jordanian delegation discusses enhancing commercial ties with Yemen
A high-ranking Jordanian economic and commercial delegation will arrive in Sanaa tomorrow under the chairmanship of Jordanian Minister of Trade and Industry Mohammed Saleh Hourani. Jordan-Yemen, Economics, 2/6/1999 - Eriteria to seek Yemeni support on Ethopia problem Yemen-Eritrea, Politics, 2/6/1999
- Yemeni interior minister: two Egyptians involved in kidnapping, killing foreign tourists
Yemeni Minister of Interior General Hussein Arab stated that two Egyptian suspects were involved in events that took place recently in Yemen aimed at kidnapping and killing a group of tourists. Yemen, Politics, 2/6/1999 - London closes its council in Yemen
London has closed the British counsulate in Yemen and its staff started to leave the country after British citizens have been exposed to kidnappings, and several of them were killed in an incident at the end of December 1998. Yemen had indicated that Britain is involved in terrorist activities in Yemen to destabilize the country. Yemen, Politics, 2/5/1999 - Ali Saleh stresses the importance of strategic dialogue with Washington
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has asserted his country's desire to develop its relations with the US. This was expressed on Thursday during the meeting he held with the US assistant under secretary of state, Ronald Newman. Yemen-Eritrea-USA, Politics, 2/5/1999 - Yemen accuses Britain of terrorism against it
Yemeni Minister of the Interior Hussein Arab has accused Britain of being involved in terrorist schemes in Yemen and that it had provided two "reserve British passports for the detained groups in Yemen," adding that this group was assigned to carry out this scheme in Yemen. Yemen, Politics, 2/4/1999 - Yemen abrogates granting visas to British
A Yemeni official source said that facilities used to be offered to the British upon arriving into the Yemeni territories have been recently abrogated. The Yemeni source attributed this measure to the recent security developments that took place in Yemen following arrest of terrorists carrying "British passports, who arrived into the Yemeni territories from London." Yemen, Politics, 2/4/1999 - US official arrives in Yemen
US Assistant Undersecretary of State for the Middle East affairs Roland Newman arrived in Sanaa on Thursday for a visit to Yemen. Yemen-USA, Politics, 2/4/1999 - Afworki sends communique to Yemeni president Yemen-Eritrea, Politics, 2/4/1999
- Six foreign hostages released in Yemen
One of them, Hans Koolstra, announced that the tribesmen who kidnapped them intended to kidnap the US ambassador or one of the officials from the US embassy, but they continued to detain the Dutch and British families after they learned that they were not American. Yemen, Politics, 2/3/1999 - Yemen accuses Arab states of being behind kidnapping the foreigners
Yemeni Minister of Interior General Hussein Mohammed Arab said that kidnappings of foreigners in his country are punishable crimes and contradictory to the Yemeni people's character. Yemen, Politics, 2/2/1999 - Yemen's damage from tourist kidnappings is $250 million and is intentional
A Yemeni official estimated that prior economic losses resulting from kidnappings of western tourists and the recent death of four hostages in a rescue operation amounted to $250 million through last month. Yemen, Politics, 2/1/1999