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Yemen's Saleh leaves for US for treatment
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January 23, 2012, Monday
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The United States said yesterday that it had approved a travel request by Yemen's outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh for medical treatment, but only "for a limited time."
The confirmation by the State Department came as Saleh was on his way to the US via Oman, where he will stay for a few days.
"Ali Abdullah Saleh's request to travel to the US for medical treatment has been approved," the agency said in a statement.
"As we have indicated, the sole purpose of this travel is for medical treatment and we expect that he will stay for a limited time that corresponds to the duration of this treatment," added the statement.
Saleh's travel came one day after the Yemeni parliament passed a law granting him a complete immunity and protects his aides from political motivated cases, as part of a power transfer deal signed by the president and the opposition in Saudi Arabia on Nov. 23, 2011.
Under the deal, which aims to end 11 months of protests demanding an end to Saleh's 33-year rule, Saleh's party and the opposition coalition agreed to nominate Vice President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi as the sole presidential candidate for the early elections scheduled for Feb. 21.
In a speech yesterday, Saleh announced his medical travel to the US, saying he will return for the inauguration of Hadi as the next president.
Saleh sustained serious injuries in a bomb attack at his presidential palace in June, 2011.
The confirmation by the State Department came as Saleh was on his way to the US via Oman, where he will stay for a few days.
"Ali Abdullah Saleh's request to travel to the US for medical treatment has been approved," the agency said in a statement.
"As we have indicated, the sole purpose of this travel is for medical treatment and we expect that he will stay for a limited time that corresponds to the duration of this treatment," added the statement.
Saleh's travel came one day after the Yemeni parliament passed a law granting him a complete immunity and protects his aides from political motivated cases, as part of a power transfer deal signed by the president and the opposition in Saudi Arabia on Nov. 23, 2011.
Under the deal, which aims to end 11 months of protests demanding an end to Saleh's 33-year rule, Saleh's party and the opposition coalition agreed to nominate Vice President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi as the sole presidential candidate for the early elections scheduled for Feb. 21.
In a speech yesterday, Saleh announced his medical travel to the US, saying he will return for the inauguration of Hadi as the next president.
Saleh sustained serious injuries in a bomb attack at his presidential palace in June, 2011.
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