AFP - Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Saturday received a message from Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi supporting Sana'a's fierce fight against anti-government rebels, a Yemeni official told AFP.
Libyan special envoy Suleiman Shuhumi delivered the message just days after Sana'a said it was recalling its ambassador to Tripoli.
Gaddafi's message stressed "Libyan support for the Yemeni government in facing the revolt in Saada province in northern Yemen," the source said.
Shuhumi's trip to Yemen came after Sana'a on May 11 recalled its ambassadors to Libya and Iran for consultations in protest at what it said was their support for a deadly rebellion by al-Houthis in some areas of Saada.
Libyan Foreign Minister Abdel Rahman Shalgham has denied any involvement in the rebellion.
Heavy fighting flared again in recent months between the rebels and government troops in Saada province in the northern mountains on Yemen's border with Saudi Arabia.