UAE, Yemen call for peaceful solution

Abu Dhabi: The UAE and Yemen have called for a peaceful settlement of the Iranian nuclear dossier.

"A peaceful solution must be found to preserve regional security and stability," President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh said in a joint communique issued on Wednesday night, WAM reported.

President Saleh, who was on a two-day visit to the country left on Wednesday night following official talks with Shaikh Khalifa and His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.

He also attended the final match of the 18th Gulf Cup championship.

In the final communique, the two countries "condemned terrorist acts targeting Iraqi people and state institutions and holy places."

The two leaders further underlined the need to maintain the unity of Iraq, its political independence and sovereignty over its own lands.

"The security and stability of Iraq must be respected...and militias should be disarmed and disbanded," said the communique. The two leaders also stressed the importance of reaching a comprehensive, just and permanent solution to the Palestinian issue, "in accordance with International resolutions 338 and 242, the roadmap, the Madrid Conference framework and the principle of land for peace."

The final settlement, they said, should also adopt the Arab peace initiative as presented in the Beirut Summit in 2002.

National unity

They also called on Palestinian leaders to resort to dialogue instead of fighting to solve domestic issues, and to establish a national unity government to achieve the Palestinian people's targets.

They also condemned the ongoing Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people.

On the subject of Lebanon, Shaikh Khalifa and President Saleh appealed to the Lebanese people to adhere to dialogue, adding that foreign interference in Lebanese affairs should be rejected.

Both sides praised the positive results that were achieved in the Paris Conference 3 for Rebuilding Lebanon.

About the latest developments in Somalia, both presidents called upon concerned parties to return to the negotiations table and resume talks so as to deepen and reinforce the stability of Somalia.