Yemen to take part in emergency summit in Doha
The Source: www.sabanews.ne - 14/1/2009
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Yemen announced that it would participate in an emergency Arab summit on Gaza attacks to be hosted by Qatar's Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, a source of Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.
Speaking to Saba, the source said that Yemen had accepted an invitation of Qatar's Emir al-Thani to hold an emergency meeting of Arab leaders in the Qatari capital Doha accordance with the Charter of the Arab League. "Yemen continues exerting efforts and contacts with many Arab and Palestinian parties to work to stop the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, lifting the siege and reopening the border crossings between Egypt and Gaza", added the source.
"Yemen's leadership has confirmed the importance of efforts to heal the rift between the two Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah in order to achieve the reconciliation among all Palestinian factions for serving the interests of the Palestinian people and establishing a Palestinian state with al-Quds its capital". The source expressed hope that the upcoming summit would reinforce the Arab stand in face of Israeli aggression and create greater solidarity to defend the Palestinian people and end the Israeli aggression on Gaza.
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