Yemeni outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh will go on a trip targeting some countries including the United States of America, through a country in the region.
Media outlets quoted Sultan al-Barakani, a leading figures in Saleh’s General People Congress party (GPC), as saying: “Saleh will pay a visit to Ethiopia, Oman, and US respectively.”
Al-Barakni said Saleh will be in the US for medical treatment after being injured in the assassination attempt at the Presidential Palace last year.
He did not put a timeframe for Saleh’s trip. However, he stressed and emphasized that the President will come back home after the tour.
Saleh announced his intentions to go to the US in December, but he said he would go there to give way for the new government to prepare the upcoming Presidential elections due to take place on February 21.
Separately, Yemeni Parliament passed on Saturday the controversial immunity law draft that protects Saleh and his aides from any legal prosecution.
Yemen Parliament has for long been merely a tool at Saleh’s disposal as his party GPC has overwhelming majority.