Yemen Opposition Will Back Power Transfer to Vice President

Yemen’s Joint Meeting Parties, the main opposition coalition, said it supports the move to transfer power to Vice President Abduraboo Mansur Hadi after the departure of President Ali Abdullah Saleh to Saudi Arabia.

Saleh is being treated in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, for injuries sustained when a rocket struck a mosque in his compound on June 3. Hadi is assuming Saleh’s duties “until the president returns,” Abdu Janadi, the deputy information minister, said in a phone interview. Saleh is recovering and will return in the “coming days,” Hadi said, according to the state-run Saba news agency.