Riyadh, Nov 23 (ANI): Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has traveled to Riyadh to attend the signing ceremony of a Gulf-sponsored power transfer deal between the government and the opposition.
Yemini media confirmed Saleh's arrival in Riyadh today to attend the signing ceremony of GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) deal and its mechanism, Xinhua reports.
According to a Yemeni official, the unannounced visit came upon a request of the Saudi government leaders and the UN secretary general to end the country's 10-month-old unrest after the ruling party and opposition reached a political compromise which was mediated by the UN envoy to Yemen Jamal bin Omar.
Yemeni opposition activists have been staging mass protests since January to demand an immediate end to Saleh's 33-year autocratic rule.
A government crackdown on the protests and fighting between government troops and opposition militiamen has killed hundreds of people and wounded thousands more. (ANI)
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