Alwi to attend Yemeni National Day

Alwi to attend Yemeni National Day

INDONESIA: Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare
Alwi Shihab will attend celebrations to commemorate the 15th
anniversary of Yemen's unification, Yemeni Ambassador to
Indonesia said in Jakarta.

"Minister Alwi Shihab left Jakarta on Friday for Yemen. He
will attend the 15th anniversary of our Unification Day
celebrations in Al-Mukalla, the capital of Hudramout, on Sunday,"
Ambassador Ahmed Salem Saleh Al-Wahishi told The Jakarta Post on
Friday via telephone.

On May 22, 1990, the present Republic of Yemen was established
through the unification of North and South Yemen. Since then
Yemen has commemorated Unification Day every May 22.

Ahmed said his government had decided to hold Unification Day
celebrations in Al-Mukalla instead of capital Sanaa this year.

During his three-day stay in Yemen, Alwi will meet Yemeni
President Ali Abdallah Saleh and Prime Minister Abd al-Qadir Ba
Jamal as well as hold bilateral talks with his counterpart in
Sanaa. -- JP