Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Ahmed Al- Maysari and Transport Minister Saleh al-Jabwani arrived Friday morning in the city of Ataq, the center of the southeastern province of Shabwa, in conjunction with reports of the signing of an agreement between the Yemeni government and the southern transitional council.

The two ministers were greeted upon their arrival by army and security leaders, executive office managers and a number of social figures.

The two ministers arrived in a large delegation from Sieyun in Hadhramaut valley.

A source said that the visit comes as part of a program of visits by al- Maysari in a number of liberated provinces.

The two ministers' arrival coincides with reports of an agreement signed with the southern transitional and Yemeni government to end the crisis in Aden in southern Yemen.