The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)'s Foreign
Ministers are to convene on Sunday an extraordinary meeting in the Saudi
capital, Riyadh, to tie up the details of the GCC-brokered initiative on
Yemen's impasse
A statement
issued by the GCC's General Secretariat showed that the meeting would discuss
the procedures required to approve the Gulf's initiative proposed on Thursday
April 27 that has been accepted by the General People Congress Party and its
allies and the opposition - Joint Meeting Parties and its partners.The meeting
will be held at the GCC's headquarters in Riyadh under the chairmanship of UAE
Minister of Foreign Affairs and the current chairman of the GCC ministerial
council Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.Meanwhile,
GCC's Secretary-General Abdullatif al-Zayani has welcomed the Yemeni parties'
approval of the GCC initiative, saying that it has expressed the keenness of
the GCC's leaders and their heartfelt efforts on Yemen's unity, security and
stability.