They also reviewed the latest developments in the country and the steps that carried out under the political settlement based on the GCC-brokered deal.

Saleh and Marriott touched on the massacre committed by al-Qaeda terrorists, who killed on Friday 14 soldiers in Huwta-Shibam area of Hadramout governorate, expressing their strong condemnation of such heinous terrorist crime.

The President's Adviser said that the perpetrators will not go unpunished, stressing the State will hunt down the terrorists all over the country till being eliminated.

He also valued highly the United Kingdom's support for Yemen in various fields.

The UK ambassador reiterated her country's firm support for Yemen to fulfill the Yemeni people's aspirations for building a modern state in the light of outcomes of the national dialogue.