ADEN, Nov. 29 (Saba)-President Ali Abdullah Saleh received on Saturday in Aden the Commander of U.S. Central Military Command David Petraeus who is currently visiting Yemen.

They discussed fields of the mutual cooperation between Yemen and United States especially security cooperation and combating terror.

They also discussed coordination between the two countries and the regional and international efforts to combat acts of piracy in Aden Gulf, Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean.

The American commander praised level of the Yemeni-US relationship and recent achievements of Yemen in field of combating terrorism.

He also exerted condolence to the president Saleh and Yemeni people on victims of the terror attack which targeted the US embassy in Sana'a and victims of flood that hit Hadramout and al-Maharah governorates.

He affirmed concern of the United States to enhance its ties with Yemen to support efforts in facing terrorism especially in field of training and qualifying Yemeni coastguard.

President Saleh highlighted Yemeni-US ties and mutual cooperation, affirming concern of Yemen to push these ties forward.

Saleh renewed call of setting up a regional center in Yemen to combat acts of piracy in participation of United States and European Union.
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