Yemen welcomes Obama speech on Islamic world

SANA'A, June 05 (Saba)- An informed source in the Yemeni government
welcomed on Friday speech of the President of the United States of
America Barack Obama which he delivered in Cairo for the Islamic and
Arab worlds.

The source described the speech as balanced with regards to stances
towards the Islamic religion and the Arab-Israeli conflict,
specially adherence to the two-countries solution, the Palestinian
and Israeli, stopping building settlements and his confession of the
Palestinians' rights and that security of Israeli is linked to a
just solution of the Arab-Israeli conflict.

The source told Saba that "on the light of the positive change in
the American stance, Yemen affirms the importance of translating
these principles into facts on the ground by means of pushing the
Palestinian-Israeli peace process on the basis of the Arab Peace
Initiative, stopping building settlements and removing them and
ending the oppressive blockade on Gaza.

The source also expressed hope to improve relations between the West
and the Islamic world on the basis of respect and the exchange of
common interests.

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