With our spirit and our blood, we sacrifice for you oh Yemen
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Milions of Yemenis attend rallied in Sabeen Square in the capital Sanaa on Thursday, and vow 'to give their blood' for Yemen and former Yemeni president
Milions of Yemenis and supporters of former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh cheered on as the former Yemeni president promised to send thousands of fighters to the front lines against invaders and aggressors
president Ali Abdullah Saleh made a speech: We are ready to fill the fronts with thousands of fighters and they are ready to go
Yemenis gathered since the early morning in Sabeen Square in central Sanaa to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the formation of Saleh's General People's Congress (GPC), waved flags, signs and pictures of former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh
With our spirit and our blood, we sacrifice for you oh Yemen!", Yemenis cheered
Saleh promptly left the square after speaking and shortly heavy gunfire rang out nearby for celebratory
One of the key demands at the Sabaeen Square celebration in capital Sanaa today was the return of Gen Ahmed Ali Saleh to Yemen
Yemen's former president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, has confirmed his party's readiness to hold talks with the Saudi-led coaltion to stop the war in his country
During a meeting with members of his party, the General People's Congress, Saleh declared: We are ready to talk with the countries of aggression, represented by Saudi Arabia
We are ready for a serious talk and to get along with Saudi Arabia, in the same way we did in 1970 after eight years of aggression against the Yemeni revolution. Saleh confirmed
Saleh stressed the need to cancel UN resolution 2216, which established an embargo on Yemen, in order to start negotiations
He added: We take what we have to take for the benefit of Yemen and the interests of the neighboring countries, which are attacking Yemen unlawfully and without any justification