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| Yemen Vice President Hadi Meets Senior U.S. Diplomat |
| 2011-06-23 |
| [Yemen Post] Vice president Abd Rabu Mansour Hadi received on Wednesday Jeffery Feltman, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs who arrived in the country to help solve the month-long political crisis. The meeting discussed the situation in Yemen with a focus on how to start an immediate power transfer and steps Hadi has taken to ease the unrest since he started new responsibilities as acting president. Feltman also met with commander of the Republican Guard, Ahmed President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh ... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower... , and on his first visit to the country, he is also meeting with opposition leaders later tonight. Hadi told Feltman that his priorities included reaching a ceasefire between the army and the rustics loyal to Sadeq Al-Ahmer, sheikh of Hashid, in the capital Sana'a, reopening roads, forcing armed people out of the capital, and easing the political tension. "I was assigned by the U.S. administration to visit Yemen to express the U.S. condemnation to the attack on the presidential palace that injured President-for-Life Saleh ... exemplifying the Arab's propensity to combine brutality with incompetence... and other bigwigs and killed a number of Saleh's guards," Feltman told Saba. "We strongly condemn all forms of violence and terrorism. The U.S. administration highly appreciates the efforts of Yemeni Vice President, Hadi, to end unrest and maintain security in Yemen," he was quoted as saying. Appreciating the U.S. efforts to help Yemen, Hadi said that what the U.S. is doing in cooperation with Yemen's neighbors and friends has already helped the country to overcome the most dangerous phases. The U.S. will support all Yemeni parties which works to stabilize Yemen and maintain its unity, he said, urging all political forces to hold a constructive dialogue to prevent any violence or chaos. Meantime, the organizational committee of the youth-led uprising has called to boycott the visit of the U.S. diplomat as protests continued in Yemen over the last few days to condemn the U.S. and Saudi roles in Yemen and refuse any intervention not in line with the goals of the popular revolution. |
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