YEMENI PRESIDENT ALI ABDULLAH SALIH RECEIVED AT HIS PALACE IN AL-MUKALLA TONIGHT VISITING CROWN PRINCE SULTAN BIN ABDULAZIZ, DEPUTY PREMIER, DEFENSE AND AVIATION MINISTER AND INSPECTOR GENERAL, WHO WAS ACCOMPANIED BY YEMEN'S PRIME MINISTER ABDULQADIR BAJAMMAL AND THE TWO OFFICIAL DELEGATIONS TO THE MEETINGS OF THE SAUDI YEMENI COORDINATION COUNCIL. THE RECEPTION WAS ATTENDED BY PRINCE NAIF BIN ABDULAZIZ, MINISTER OF INTERIOR, PRINCE SAUD ALFAISAL, FOREIGN MINISTER, PRINCE FAISAL BIN SAUD BIN MOHAMMED, PRINCE FAISAL BIN SULTAN BIN ABDULAZIZ, SECRETARY GENERAL OF PRINCE SULTAN BIN ABDULAZIZ CHAIRTY, PRINCE MISHAAL BIN ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ, MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIARY AT THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND SENIOR SAUDI PROTOCOL OFFICIALS. THEN THEY DISCUSSED THE OVERALL SITUATIONS AT THE ARAB AND ISLAMIC AND INTERNATIONAL ARENAS, PARTICULARLY THE SITAUTION IN THE ARAB OCCUPIED TERRITORIES AND IRAQ IN ADDITION TO WAYS OF ENHANCING THE COOPERATION RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES. THEN THE MEMBERS OF THE TWO DELEGATIONS, SAUDI AND YEMENI BUSINESSMEN, YEMENI TRIBAL DIGNITARIES, MEMBERS OF YEMENI HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND A NUMBER OF OFFICIALS SHOOK HANDS WITH PRESIDENT SALIH AND CROWN PRINCE SULTAN.