Saleh meets US, France, China envoys

SANA'A, June 27 (Saba) - President Ali Abdullah Saleh met separately Saturday with
ambassadors of the US, France and China.

The discussions dealt with means to develop the bilateral relationship with each
country.

The US, France and China expressed their support for development in Yemen as well as
Yemen's unity and stability.

During his meeting with the US envoy Stephen Seche, Saleh renewed calls for sending
Gitmo's Yemeni detainees home, saying Yemen strongly resists a US plan to transfer
the detainees to rehabilitation centers in other states.

The two also dealt with several economic and political cooperation issues topped by
finding new ways to develop anti-terror partnership.

During the farewell meeting with the French diplomat Gilles Gauthier, Saleh praised
Gauthier's efforts to help boost the Yemeni-French ties.

Saleh also praised the efforts the Chinese ambassador to Yemen has been doing in the
interest of the two friendly countries.

The meeting came on the farewell of China's envoy to Yemen Luo Xiaoguang.

Xiaoguang expressed his country's unlimited support for Yemen's unity, saying China
considers the unity as a regional accomplishment that helps bring stability and
peace to the whole region.

FR