Yemeni President Saleh arrives in Saudi Arabia to sign power transfer deal

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh arrived in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday to sign the Gulf power transfer initiative of the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), the country's state TV said.

"The president of the republic arrives safely to the airport of Riyadh to visit the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, following an invitation from the Saudi leadership, to attend the signing of the Gulf initiative," a ticker running on the bottom of Yemen TV said. (Reuters)