SANAA, Jun 28, 2011 (AFP) - Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who has been in a Saudi hospital for more than three weeks, is to speak on state television "after Thursday," the deputy information minister said on Tuesday.

"A team from Yemeni television headed to Riyadh on Monday to carry out an interview with the president, expected to be aired after Thursday," Abdo al-Janadi told AFP.

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