| Yemen yesterday denied reports that the country was considering naming a candidate for the post of the Arab League's secretary-general. "The Yemeni government have not decided yet on the candidacy for the post," Foreign Minister Abu Bakr Al-Qarubi, told Arab News. "No date has been set so far for the candidacy, and no decision has been taken (by Yemen) on this matter," he added. He was commenting on press reports Saturday that Sanaa will put forward the candidacy of a prominent politician to succeed Amr Moussa as secretary-general of the Arab League next year. The reports quoted unnamed political sources in Sanaa as saying that the former Yemeni speaker of Parliament, Yassin Saeed Noman, will run for the post in May 2006. Noman said he was not asked by the Yemeni government to run for the post. |