Yemeni president hails Bush's re-election, ties with USA.

(From BBC Monitoring International Reports)

The president of the republic, HE Ali Abdallah Salih, has sent a congratulatory message to the president, George W Bush, on the occasion of his re-election to the office as the president of the United States of America. The message reads:

Dear friend, Your Excellency President George W Bush, honourable president of the United States of America, it delights me, it is a pleasure to me, on behalf of myself, my government and the people of Yemen, to congratulate you wholeheartedly for the huge confidence bestowed on you by the friendly American people, and by re-electing you to assume the leadership for another term. …