The Head of Yemen’s newly formed Presidential Council, Rashad al-Alimi, has been sworn in along with other members of the eight-member council in a ceremony in the southern port city of Aden.
The ceremony was conducted on Tuesday in front of members of the Yemeni Parliament.
Members of the Presidential council, the head of the separatist Southern Transitional Council, United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg were in attendance, as well as several European and Arab ambassadors.