Awwal 13, 1432 / April 17, 2011, SPA -- The foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council held here today the thirty-third extraordinary session in the presence of the Yemeni opposition delegation to discuss the GCC initiative on the Yemeni crisis. The meeting issued a press statement explaining that the Yemeni delegation included Mohamed Salem Basendwah, head of the delegation and President of the Preparatory Committee for National Dialogue; Dr. Yasin Said Numan, the Secretary-General of the Yemeni Socialist Party and President of the Supreme Council for the joint meeting; Abdulwahab Alansi, Secretary-General of the Yemeni Congregation for Reform; Sultan Alatawani, Secretary-General of the Unionist Popular Nasserite Organization, and Hassan Zaid, Secretary General of the Alhaq Party. The meeting was held to discuss the GCC initiative adopted by the Extraordinary Meeting of the Ministerial Council, the statement said. It was agreed to continue dialogue and consultation in the future. Another round of dialogue and consultation will be held between the GCC countries and the Yemeni government within the framework of the GCC initiative's principles and what has been reached with the delegation of the joint meeting and its partners in this regard, the statement added.
