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05-17-2011 09:26 BJT
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Play VideoStill in the Middle East Yemen's embattled president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, has met with the Gulf Cooperation Council chief in Sanaa. The pair discussed the council's proposed initiative to settle the country's power-transition standoff.
GCC Secretary-General, Abdullatif al-Zayani, briefed Saleh with results of his talks with the leaders of Yemen's ruling party and opposition coalition.
He urged Saleh to first sign the deal as the chairman of the ruling party, and then sign it as the president. But opposition leaders have refused such terms, insisting Saleh sign the deal as the president only.
The opposition seeks to dissolve the ruling party after Saleh's resignation. Protests have plagued Yemen since February, with the overall death toll topping 170.
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