Sana'a, 4 May, 1988 [Extracts] In the name of God, the Merciful, the
Compassionate. The leaderships of both parts of Yemen have faith in Yemeni unity and they
abide by the objectives of the immortal 26 September and 14 October revolutions.
Both leaders are loyal to the Yemeni people's struggle and
martyrs for the sake of building a unified independent Yemen. They are proceeding from our
Yemeni masses' aspirations for achieving the unity of Yemen - land and people. The two
leaders are aware of the historic responsibility towards our Arab nation of Yemeni unity
as a serious step and a landmark on the path of comprehensive Arab unity. It is the wish
of both leaders to crown the national efforts to achieve the cherished aim of national
unity
in accordance with the agreements and statements signed by the leaderships
and officials of both parts of Yemen.
Both leaders also want to continue the unity contacts and
agreements. In order to accomplish the aforementioned, the leaderships of both parts of
Yemen represented by brother Colonel Ali 'Abdullah Salih, President of the Republic,
C-in-C of the armed forces, and Secretary-General of the General People's Congress, and
'Ali Salim al-Bid, Secretary-General of the YSP Central Committee, agreed at the meeting
which took place between them in the capital, Sana'a, from 3 to 4 May 1988 to do the
following:
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Continue the unity steps and the implementation of what has
previously been agreed upon between both parts of Yemen in all fields, and reactivate the
Higher Yemeni Council, the joint ministerial committee and the unity committees existing
between both parts of Yemen.
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Enable the Secretariat of the Higher Yemen Council to
accomplish quickly the task entrusted to it by the last Ta'izz meeting, which is to
prepare a timetable for the draft constitution of the unity state and to refer it to the
people's councils in both parts of Yemen so that it can be put to a public referendum in
accordance with the unity agreements between both parts of Yemen.
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Revive the unified political organisation as stipulated in
Article Nine of the Tripoli statement in implementation of true intentions and a
translation of the unionist steps until the two sides reach a joint concept for unified
political action in accordance with agreements, provided that the committee concludes its
work within the shortest possible time.
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Complete the efforts of the leadership of the two parts of
Yemen to contain and deal with the repercussions of the regrettable 13 January 1985
incidents and to co-operate toward consolidating security and stability in the two parts
of Yemen through all possible means.
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In view of the importance of economic integration between
the two parts of the homeland in order to develop and diversify the economic activities
that exist on the level of the one Yemeni homeland, and after completion of the steps
related to the natural wealth joint investment venture, agreement was reached on the
following:
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To establish a joint investment venture between the Ma'rib
province and Shabwah in an area of 2,200 sq. km.
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A joint topographical committee will be in charge of
specifying and marking the area of the joint investment venture on the spot.
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The military positions of the two parts of Yemen shall be
removed from the joint investment area and the two parts will abide by and implement what
was included in the minutes of the two Chiefs of Staff on 19 January 1985.
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The oil ministers of the two parts of Yemen shall take all
the necessary measures to implement this project, including the investment, technical,
financial, administrative arrangements and other measures that are necessary for economic
investment.
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This joint venture stresses the desire of the leadership of
both parts of Yemen to adhere fully to the unity of our Yemen and the unity of its
territory, and their rejection of any partitioning or any border considerations. Moreover,
this agreement under no circumstances means the determination or demarcation of borders
between the two parts of Yemen, nor does it mean the entrenchment or recognition of what
was inherited from the hateful colonialism and defunct imamate in terms of negative
repercussions aimed at deepening division.
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The leadership of both parts of Yemen are committed to
implementing what is cited herewith and to surmounting all the difficulties that may
emerge in the face of implementing this agreement.
(Signed) Colonel Ali Abdullah Salih, President of the
Republic, C-in-C of the Armed Forces, and Secretary-General of the General People's
Congress in the northern part of the homeland; Ali Salim al-Bid, Secretary-General of the
YSP Central Committee in the southern part of the homeland.
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