almotamar.net - President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Sunday has emphasised that all the retired will receive all care and attention in loyalty to what they have offered of services and duty during their work whether in the armed forces and security or the different institutions of the state.

The president also gave his directives on benefiting from those who have returned to service and to distribute them in accordance with their specialties and experience for serving the country and the building and modernisation of the armed forces and security. He affirmed that the state is keen to deal with all the aftermaths resulted from the war of 1994 and to benefit from energies of all.

In his meeting in Aden Sunday with retired men from security institutions, attended by Chairman of the Shoura Council Abdulaziz Abdulghni and Salem Saleh Mohammed, the advisor to the president of the republic and the head of the committee entrusted with tackling the negative phenomena affecting the national unity and social peace, the president praised the committee's efforts in dealing with situations of the retired persons from the ministries of defence and interior.

The retired persons and those who left service of security institutions expressed their satisfaction and valuation of the remedies and settlements of their conditions according to the president's directives. They confirmed their condemnation of the attempts by some to take advantage of the issue of the retired to achieve their own aims and to offend the homeland and its stability and security and unity. They have also affirmed they will always be the sincere soldiers for the homeland and its unity, security and stability and their readiness performing their duties.

During the meeting president listened a report presented by Deputy Minister of Interior for Financial and Administrative Affairs Brigadier Riyadh al-Qirshi.

It indicated steps taken to receive issues of military retirees and works of the formed committees on these steps from the period October 20 to November 14, 2007.

The report showed that the sum paid to increase salaries of the military retirees calculated at YR 4.2 billion in addition to improving situations of 1968 officers while 192 officers were promoted and 83 retired officers returned to service in the security systems.

The overall number of officers and soldiers whose situations were improved reaches 2090, the reports says, while officers who were promoted are estimated at 1968.