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Wed, 05/27/2009 - 09:24
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FM returns to Sana'a
SANA'A, May 26 (Saba) - Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Abu Baker al Qirbi returned on Monday to Sana'a after he participated in 36th Session of Foreign Minister Council of Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) member states which concluded its activities on Monday in Damascus.
Al Qirbi said that Yemen had effective participation in the ministerial conference
or in specialized committee activities.
Yemen's speech has confirmed Yemen's unity and is safe and consolidated and that the
Yemeni people are able to protect it as they did in 1994 when secessionist elements
sought the separation of the south, al Qirbi said.
Al-Qirbi also said he held talks with Secretary General of the OIC Dr. Ekmeleddin
Ihsanoglo and a number of Islamic countries Foreign Minister over mutual cooperation
relations, in addition to ministerial meeting decisions.
The conference has issued an unanimous decision supporting the national unity of
Yemen as well as Yemeni government efforts to achieve development and national
reforms program, he added.
During the session, al-Qirbi highlighted the latest developments in the south,
saying outside intelligence agencies are supporting calls for secessionism in
Yemen and that it was not time to name these intelligence services.
"The most important thing in this juncture is to deal with problems without taking
them out of the country. And if we do this, then we will be able to hunt those
fishing in troubled waters," al-Qirbi added.
On the margins of the session, al-Qirbi said remarks of the ex-Yemeni vice president
Ali Salim al-Baidh were similar to his declaration in 1994.
In 1994, a civil war between north and south Yemen, four years after reunification,
began, with separatists in the south calling for reverting to the pre-unity status.
"Yemen's unity is an issue of fate and deemed a national and Arab accomplishment,"
the minister highlighted reunification in a time when the country has seen unrest
with calls for the separation of the south arising again.
Within the Arab strategy to keep security and stability in the region and because
what is threatening Yemen today might threaten other Arab states in the future,
Yemen together with Arab countries are supposed to defend the Yemeni unity, he
urged.
"I don't think there is some Arab country which accepts Yemen to be separated and
sees the separation is the solution for the country's problems," he said.
On the other hand, al-Qirbi assured the participating countries that Yemen does not
accept foreign military bases on its lands, saying its constitution never allows it
to do so.
However, Yemen may provide warships that pass in the region with necessary supplies
such as water and fuel….and doing so means Yemen deals with the matter only
commercially, he added.
During his participation in the meeting, al-Qirbi renewed Yemen is for establishing
common Muslim and Arab economic interests, in an effort o promote solidarity among
the states.
He urged the issues of Palestine, Lebanon, Sudan and Iraq and the persecuted Muslim
minorities in other world parts must be placed as foremost priorities by the Muslim
states in the future.
NN/FR
Al Qirbi said that Yemen had effective participation in the ministerial conference
or in specialized committee activities.
Yemen's speech has confirmed Yemen's unity and is safe and consolidated and that the
Yemeni people are able to protect it as they did in 1994 when secessionist elements
sought the separation of the south, al Qirbi said.
Al-Qirbi also said he held talks with Secretary General of the OIC Dr. Ekmeleddin
Ihsanoglo and a number of Islamic countries Foreign Minister over mutual cooperation
relations, in addition to ministerial meeting decisions.
The conference has issued an unanimous decision supporting the national unity of
Yemen as well as Yemeni government efforts to achieve development and national
reforms program, he added.
During the session, al-Qirbi highlighted the latest developments in the south,
saying outside intelligence agencies are supporting calls for secessionism in
Yemen and that it was not time to name these intelligence services.
"The most important thing in this juncture is to deal with problems without taking
them out of the country. And if we do this, then we will be able to hunt those
fishing in troubled waters," al-Qirbi added.
On the margins of the session, al-Qirbi said remarks of the ex-Yemeni vice president
Ali Salim al-Baidh were similar to his declaration in 1994.
In 1994, a civil war between north and south Yemen, four years after reunification,
began, with separatists in the south calling for reverting to the pre-unity status.
"Yemen's unity is an issue of fate and deemed a national and Arab accomplishment,"
the minister highlighted reunification in a time when the country has seen unrest
with calls for the separation of the south arising again.
Within the Arab strategy to keep security and stability in the region and because
what is threatening Yemen today might threaten other Arab states in the future,
Yemen together with Arab countries are supposed to defend the Yemeni unity, he
urged.
"I don't think there is some Arab country which accepts Yemen to be separated and
sees the separation is the solution for the country's problems," he said.
On the other hand, al-Qirbi assured the participating countries that Yemen does not
accept foreign military bases on its lands, saying its constitution never allows it
to do so.
However, Yemen may provide warships that pass in the region with necessary supplies
such as water and fuel….and doing so means Yemen deals with the matter only
commercially, he added.
During his participation in the meeting, al-Qirbi renewed Yemen is for establishing
common Muslim and Arab economic interests, in an effort o promote solidarity among
the states.
He urged the issues of Palestine, Lebanon, Sudan and Iraq and the persecuted Muslim
minorities in other world parts must be placed as foremost priorities by the Muslim
states in the future.
NN/FR
