Ali Abdullah Saleh — Yemeni Politician born on March 21, 1942,

Ali Abdullah Saleh Al-Snhani Al-Humairi is a Yemeni politician who was President of Yemen from 1990 to 2012. Saleh previously served as President of North Yemen from 1978 until unification with South Yemen in 1990... (wikipedia)

Further more Yemen is leading pioneer in democratic practice, lots of brothers and friends testified on that.
We will fight hostage taking like we fight terrorism.
French Yemeni relations are strong and good, they are relations depending on friendship and cooperation; my relationship with the president Chiraq are old and real.
Our relations with brothers in Gulf Cooperation council are good and developing, either bilateral relations or with the G.C.C itself, also we have good brotherly and solid ties with Saudi Arabia.
Regarding Syria, we already call for dialogue between Syria and all parties concerned, in order to avoid any kind of escalation in the region which may expose the whole area to chaos.