Sanaa, April 10, SPA -- Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has highlighted the importance of his talks in Hong Kong with Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz, the Deputy Premier, Defense and Aviation Minister and Inspector General, and said the talks were characterized with "frankness and transparency." In a statement telecast by the Yemeni satellite channel, President Saleh said the talks had covered the arrangements pertaining to the meeting of the Saudi-Yemeni coordination council, due to be held in the Yemeni city of Hudeidah on May 22, 2006. "It will not be a strange matter to hold talks in an atmosphere of frankness and transparency because the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Yemen are linked with deep-rooted fraternal bonds as well as with mutual interests and good neighborhood," he noted.--SPA 10 41 Local Time 07 41 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/352484