In his speech, the Chairman of the Advisory Commission of the Conference Abdulaziz Al-Jabbari expressed on behalf of the Yemeni government and people his thanks and appreciation to the Kingdom Saudi Arabia, led by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud for hosting the conference and providing full care and all potentials for its success, also expressing thanks to other states of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the Council's General Secretariat for providing all facilities and support for convening this conference. He said, "The convening of the Riyadh conference came at the request of President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi from the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and other GCC leaders who agreed to convene the conference under the umbrella of the Gulf Cooperation Council, which launched the Gulf initiative and its executive mechanism that got out Yemen peacefully from the events of 2011 Revolution," wishing the Conference all success. --More 13:04 LOCAL TIME 10:04 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w