Media Secretary of injured Yemeni President said the embattled Leader would make a media appearance within 48 hours.

Media Secretary of injured Yemeni President said the embattled Leader would make a media appearance within 48 hours.

Ali Abdullah Saleh, who has not been seen in public since an attack on his palace earlier this month, “will appear within the next 48 hours despite our fear that the burns on his features and on different parts of his body will be an obstacle, given that his appearance will not be as the media expects it”, Ahmed al-Sufi said in a statement.

Saleh, who has been in power for 33 year, is now in Saudi Arabia for medical treatment. In the days after the bombing of a mosque within the presidential palace, Saleh delivered a brief audio message via television.

"The arrangements are currently being made for this appearance, which will definitely be followed by important media events," Sufi said.

He added that Saleh, who has been braced for anti-regime protests demanding his ouster, was in good health and continued to direct Yemeni affairs from Saudi Arabia.