Monday, 14 November 2011

REUTERS - Yemen's Saleh says ready to step down in 90 days, Nov 14, 2011

Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh addresses a meeting of the ruling General People's Congress party leaders in Sanaa October 19, 2011.  REUTERS/Yemeni Presidency/Handout
"Reuters) - Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh said on Monday he was ready to step down within 90 days of reaching a deal on a formal process for implementing a Gulf initiative aimed at ending the nine-month-old crisis in his country.
Saleh, who has so far refused to sign the accord proposed by the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council in April, told France's Channel 24 television in an interview that he had given his deputy, Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, authority to negotiate a deal with the opposition."

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