Yemeni Parties May Sign Agreement Calling for President to Quit
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Yemen’s ruling and opposition parties may sign an accord tomorrow calling for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down within 30 days, said Mohammed al-Qahtan, a member of the opposition.
Gulf Cooperation Council Secretary-General Abdel Latif al-Zayyani was in the Yemeni capital, Sana’a, today to invite the parties to the signing ceremony in Saudi Arabia, al-Qahtan said in a phone interview from the city. The agreement was brokered by ministers from the GCC, which includes the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar and Kuwait.