Arabic News Weekly Edition for Yemen, 2/21/2000
Weekly Edition, Yemen - Week of February 21, 2000
- Several persons detained in Yemen, charged of acts of destruction Yemen, Politics, 2/25/2000
- Yemeni message to Abdul Meguid
Arab League Secretary General Esmat Abdul Meguid received a written message from Yemeni Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Abdul Qader Bajmal that assures Yemen's readiness to coordinate between the Yemeni initiative concerning a mechanism, of the systematic periodic convening of the Arab summit and his suggestions which contribute to crystallizing joint Arab work. Yemen, Politics, 2/24/2000 - President Saleh denies Saudi Arabia's occupation of a mountain in Yemen
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Wednesday denied reports saying that the Saudi forces occupied a strategic mountain in the Yemeni territories. Yemen-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 2/24/2000 - Yemeni draft for convening Arab summit systematically Yemen-Regional, Politics, 2/23/2000
- Yemen reiterates refusal to establish relations with Israel
The speaker of the Yemeni Parliament, Abdullah al-Ahmar, has reiterated his country's opposition to establishing relations with Israel until a just and comprehensive peace is achieved in the region, a peace that can bring back the lands and rights to their owners. Yemen, Politics, 2/23/2000 - Yemeni court prevents journalist from writing for life
Judicial sources in Sanaa said that a Yemeni court banned a Yemeni journalist from writing for life after being convicted of writing an article that harmed Yemen's relations with Saudi Arabia. Yemen, Judicial, 2/23/2000 - Yemen: We do not mind US mediation to solve border problem with Saudi Arabia
Official Yemeni sources said the Yemeni government welcomes the mediation spoken of by Edward Walker, the US under secretary of state for Near East affairs, to solve the border problem between the two countries to reach a direct friendly solution or through resorting to international arbitration. Yemen-Saudi Arabia-USA, Politics, 2/22/2000 - Case filed against the secretary of the Yemeni Baath Party
The Yemeni Press and Publications Union has decided to file a court case against the secretary general of the pro-Iraq Baath Party, Qasem Salaam, who is also the chairman of the higher council of the opposition in Yemen under charges of publishing an article damaging relations between Yemen and Saudi Arabia. Yemen-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 2/22/2000 - Yemeni deputy foreign minister: Egypt, Yemen agree on importance of convening Arab summit.
Abd Allah El-Saiyadi, the Yemeni deputy foreign minister, said that the points of view between Egypt and Yemen are in agreement concerning the importance of convening the Arab summit. Yemen-Egypt, Politics, 2/21/2000 - Yemeni official refuses US mediation on border demarcation with Saudi Arabia
The chairman of the Yemeni reform party (Hizbul Islah), Abdullah Hussein al-Ahmar, on Sunday announced his opposition to an American mediation in the border dispute between Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Yemen-Saudi Arabia-USA, Politics, 2/21/2000