Almotamar.net - SANA'A- A press release issued by the American embassy in Sana'a Tuesday said a delegation from the US Congress arrived in Yemen on Monday beginning a tour of the Horn of Africa states.
The press release indicated that the Congress delegation comprised members from both democratic and republican parties has met at the presidential palace president Ali Abdullah Saleh and deputy premier, the minister of interior Dr Rashad Al-Alimi as well as the Yemeni foreign minister Dr Abu Bakr al-Qirbi.
The American delegation headed by the Democrat member Sylvester Rice. The release which almotamar.net received a copy clarified that the Congress delegation discussed in its visit to Yemen economic issues under the re-habilitation of Yemen to the program of the Millennium Challenge as well as security issues of common interest between the governments of Yemen and the United States.