MUSCAT - Outgoing Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh is seeking exile in neighbouring Oman but it is reluctant to host him for fear of harming relations with Yemen, diplomats said yesterday.
Mr Saleh left Sanaa on Sunday and headed to the US for medical treatment after a brief stopover in Oman. He had said in a parting speech he would return to Yemen. A foreign diplomat in Muscat said Mr Saleh had sought permission to reside there. A spokesman for the Yemeni embassy in Washington denied that Mr Saleh was seeking asylum or refuge in Oman or the US. - (Reuters)