Germany and Yemen Reported Entering into Diplomatic Relations

Germany and Yemen will enter into diplomatic relations shortly, it was agreed this week-end at talks held in Cairo between representatives of both countries, according to reports received here today from the Egyptian capital. West Germany was represented at the conversations by Dr. Guenther Pawelke, its Ambassador to Cairo, and by Yemenite Prince Said Hassan,

Meanwhile, the Syrian Minister to Bonn, leaving Germany to take up a post in the Syrian Cabinet, told a press conference at Cologne that Arab-German relations had received a set-back by the conclusion of the German reparations pact with Israel. The Minister, Dr, A. Istuany, said that both Germany and Syria must make every effort to restore the former friendly relations which Germany had with the Arabs.