[05/June/2009]

SANA'A, June 05 (Saba)- An informed source in the Yemeni government welcomed on Friday speech of the President of the United States of America Barack Obama which he delivered in Cairo for the Islamic and Arab worlds.

The source described the speech as balanced with regards to stances towards the Islamic religion and the Arab-Israeli conflict, specially adherence to the two-countries solution, the Palestinian and Israeli, stopping building settlements and his confession of the Palestinians' rights and that security of Israeli is linked to a just solution of the Arab-Israeli conflict.

The source told Saba that "on the light of the positive change in the American stance, Yemen affirms the importance of translating these principles into facts on the ground by means of pushing the Palestinian-Israeli peace process on the basis of the Arab Peace Initiative, stopping building settlements and removing them and ending the oppressive blockade on Gaza.

The source also expressed hope to improve relations between the West and the Islamic world on the basis of respect and the exchange of common interests.

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Saba