The World - News from July 3, 1986
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Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi brought President Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen and President Haider abu Bakr Attas of South Yemen together for their first meeting on the subject of unification, Libya radio reported. The radio, monitored in London by the British Broadcasting Corp., said both Yemeni leaders declared they were ready to work toward achieving unity. Yemen, a pro-Western nation, and South Yemen, allied with the Soviet Bloc, began unification talks in 1982, but the process was halted by factional fighting.
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