President Saleh receives Somali counterpart in Doha

Doha, March 31 (Saba) - President Ali Abdullah Saleh received on
Tuesday at his residence in the Qatari capital Doha Somalia
President Shraif Shaikh Ahmed and his accompanying delegation.

During the meeting, they discussed and exchanged viewpoints on the
topics and results of the 21st Arab summit that was concluded last
Monday in Doha.

The Somali President briefed President Saleh the latest developments
in Somalia and the exerted efforts to secure the Somali newly
appointed government.

Shraif Shaikh praised Present Saleh's attitudes towards the Somali
institutions and unity and Somali refugees received by Yemen.

For his part, President Saleh praised Shaikh's efforts to form the
newly government, washing the Somali government to hold the
stability and security in the region and combat piracy in the Gulf
of Aden.

Furthermore, President Saleh assured Yemen's keenness to support
Somali's unity to ensure the common interests of the two brotherly
countries.

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