[12 May 2008]  

SANA'A, May 12 (Saba)- Minister of Foreign Affairs Abu Bakr al-Qirbi said that the Yemeni initiative to tackle the Lebanese crisis was included in the resolutions issued by the Arab Foreign Ministers extraordinary meeting which was held on Sunday in Cairo.

Upon his arrival on Monday to Sana'a, al-Qirbi stated to Saba that the extraordinary meeting formed the committee under chairmanship of Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassem and membership of nine Arab countries including Yemen

The committee would go to Beirut with the aim of supporting preparations for dialogue among Lebanese factions and to help elect a president for the Republic and form a national unity government.

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