The Republic of Djibouti welcomed acceptance by the Gulf Cooperation Council of the request by Yemeni President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi to hold a conference under the umbrella of the Gulf Cooperation Council in Riyadh. This came in remarks by Dean of the Diplomatic Corps and Ambassador of Djibouti to the kingdom Ziauddin Bamakhrama who said that his country's Foreign Ministry announced in a statement, "support for the constitutional legitimacy represented by President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi, President of the Republic of Yemen."