Yemeni Ambassador to Tehran Jamal Abdullah al-Solal conferred on Saturday with Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and submitted him a written message from Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
According to the Information and Press Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at the meeting, the Yemeni ambassador also submitted another message from Yemeni Foreign Minister Abu Bakr Al-Qirbi to his Iranian counterpart.
Referring to friendly ties between Iran and Yemen, Mottaki called for continued expansion of ties between the two countries.
He expressed the hope that the Yemeni nation and its government would go ahead with development programs and helping stabilize and bolster mutual ties.
Exchange of visits and messages between the two sides` high anking officials as well as media persons would lead to expansion of ties between the two countries.
The Yemeni ambassador, for his part, called the two sides` relations as deeply-rooted and said the Yemeni president along with other officials of the country believe in expansion of all-out ties between the two countries.
He thanked Mottaki for his support during his tenure in the Islamic Republic of Iran for further bolstering and broadening of ties between the two nations.