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SCU PAN Polish to South Yemen Minister with interpreters seated between
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CU PAN Ditto
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Background: The Foreign Minister of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen), Mohammed Salah Alauki, met the Polish Prime Minister, Mr Piotr Jaroszewicz, in Warsaw on Friday (11 February).

Mr Alauki had arrived in Poland earlier in the week at the invitation of the Polish Government. He was accompanied by a group of industrial and economic experts for talks on bilateral relations and international issues.

SYNOPSIS: The Foreign Minister of South Yemen, Mr Mohammed Salah Alauki, met Polish Prime Minister Piotr Jaroszewicz in Warsaw on Friday. Mr Alauki had arrived in Poland earlier in the week at the invitation of the Polish Government.

No official communique was released after the talks, although it was stated that Mr Alauki and Mr Jarszewicz had discussed relations between their two countries, and several international issues. South Yemen receives substantial aid programmes from the Soviet Union East Germany and the People's Republic of China -- aid programmes given in an attempt to case the country's economic difficulties which have been experienced since Britain granted the territory independence in 1967. South Yemen's allies are nearly all Communist countries, with the exception of other Arab countries, and each of them contributed towards the strategic state's economy following the closure of the Suez canal in 1967.