The Joint Meeting Parties and its partners officially accepted a call for resuming dialogue President Saleh made ten days ago, affirming in a press conference on Saturday in Sana'a that dialogue has become an urgent demand to address the country's problems.

In the news conference attended by local, regional and international media, the opposition coalition also said that the concessions Saleh made at the joint meeting of Parliament and the Shura earlier this month including promises not to run for president again and not to groom his son to succeed him after his term expires in 2013 were a good move, but urged the regime to be 'serious'.

What President Saleh said in his speech to the meeting reversed the recent unilateral moves his party has taken that deepened disagreements with the opposition, and Saleh's concessions also meant the regime came back to the right path and the constitution, Muhammad BaSundwa, the Secretary General of the Yemeni Socialist Party, said.

"We are in favor of a comprehensive national dialogue that should gather all political forces without any exceptions. We were glad when the General People's Congress said that dialogue should resume from the point we stopped at in the past and in accordance with February 2009 Agreement and the minutes over this agreement signed in 2010".

The JMP and its partners are ready to sign this week a document with the ruling party determining practical steps to resume dialogue without delay, said BaSundwa while reading the communiqué of the JMP and its partners at the opening of the news conference.

In the meantime, we suggest the document call for bringing the southern peaceful movement, Harak, the Houthi Group and the opposition outside Yemen to the dialogue table, he said, as he added:" these groups are crucial elements of Yemen dialogue because they must be part of the country's crises".

Furthermore, the document should call for working together towards real reforms, forming a national reconciliation government and amending the election law according to the constitution, he said.

Dialogue has become an urgent need, hence, any political initiative should be based on this fact: saving the country, not the regime, the communiqué said.

Moreover, the statement condemned oppressive measures against anti-government protests and the continuous occupation of Tahrir Square by supporters of President Saleh. What the regime is doing including dispersing demonstrations with teargas and live ammunitions is aimed at justifying all illegal acts by this regime, it added.

Replying to media questions, opposition figures warned the regime of continuing its irresponsible acts, urging to learn from the Tunisian and Egyptian lessons and to release all detainees.

"The current regime is blamed for all these problems which seem to separate and destroy Yemen. The issues of the south and Saada should be recognized and tackled within a decentralized state," they told reporters.

We urge to end conflicts, build public institutions and stop using the file of terrorism in a wrong or politically-motivated way, they said, revealing the JMP parties are contacting the Harak, the Houthi Group and opposition figures abroad with the aim to work together on addressing national issues.

"In Yemen, the situation is different from those in Tunisia and Egypt. Here change can be achieved through peaceful tools, and to translate that into reality, the regime should be serious in its calls and initiatives," the JMP said.

Our communication with these people aims to serve the country and some opposition leaders abroad has already joined the dialogue preparatory committee, Yasin Saeed Noman, a prominent leader within the Yemeni Socialist Party, said.

The demand of the JMP to have a regional or an international monitor, for example from Yemen's friends, aims to use this monitor as a witness on which side will retreat and violate the agreed terms, he said. This demand never means to bring foreigners who may interfere in the country's internal affairs…never…..we want others to know that we are very interested in serving this country and lifting it out of its problems, he added.

"The past experience learnt us many things including demanding a foreign monitor."

Regarding what is happening now in the streets including protests that are usually cracked down with some arrested, the JMP is in favor of change and with the people demands, but the opposition will continue peaceful and democratic struggle, Sultan Al-Atwani, Secretary General of the Nasserite Unionist People's Organisation, said.

We don't play with the card of the Yemeni street or the people, however, we see that peaceful tools work in our country, Noman said, urging the political parties and civil society organizations to work together.