Almotamar.net, Saba - France's Foreign minister Bernard Kouchner arrived Saturday in Yemen with the latest developments in the Middle East and African Horn on the agenda.
On his visit, Kouchner will meet President Ali Abdullah Saleh to hand over to him a letter from his French counterpart Nicola Sarkozy regarding bilateral relations and means to promote mutual cooperation between Yemen and France.
Kouchner will also meet Yemeni senior officials to discuss crucial regional issues topped by the situation in the Palestinian Gaza Strip after the recent Israel's offensive.
The talks will focus on the French role in resolving the Israeli-Arab conflict and reaching a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
The meetings will also deal with piracy, a recently soaring sea piracy phenomenon off the coast of Somalia as well as the EU efforts to tackle it.
Foreign minister Abu Bakr al-Qirbi has said that French President Sarkozy is expected to arrive in Yemen but the timing of the visit has not been identified yet.
President Sarkozy's visit will aim to exchange views over the latest developments in the region in addition to discussing issues related to cooperation between the two countries in various fields.
The United Arab Emirates acknowledged on Tuesday that two of its pilots were killed when their military aggression plane crashed over Jawf province, a military official said
The official added that the aggressive crashed plane was an apache that was
Artillery of the army and popular shelled a gathering of Saudi-paid mercenaries in al-Moqadra area in Serwah district of Marib province, a military official said on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, dozens of Saudi-paid mercenaries were killed and others injured in Wadi al-Theek in the district, the official added.
The army and popular forces carried out on Monday unique military operations in Taiz province.
A military official said that a number of Saudi-paid mercenaries were killed at the hands of the army and popular forces in al-Jazami Hill in al-Kadaha area in al-Ma'afer district.
A Saudi aggression fighter jet targeted a citizen's car driving in Fara area of Kutaf district in Saada province overnight, killing the driver and injuring his friend, a security official said on Monday.
The army artillery and popular committees launched a fierce attack on Saudi-paid mercenaries' sites in Jawf province, a military official said on Monday.
The attack destroyed a military vehicle belonging to the mercenaries and killed all on board in Sabran area in khab and shaaf district.
Scores of Saudi enemy soldiers were killed and injured on Sunday when the army and popular forces repelled a Saudi military attempt to sneak into Shurfah site in the border province of Najran, a military official said.
The operation was accomplished successfully against the Saudi
The army and popular committees have killed a total of 18 Saudi-paid mercenaries in sniper operations over the past hours in the central province of Marib, a military official said on Sunday.
Ten mercenaries were killed in Nehm district and eight others were killed in Serwah district, said the official.
Saudi aggression warplanes have launched more than 49 airstrikes over the past hours on several residential areas across Yemen, a security official said on Sunday.
The airstrikes targeted the areas of Malahiz and Husama in Dhahir district, and areas Thuban, Masahif and Sdad in Bakim district of northern Saada province.
French FM arrives in Yemen for talks 
