Yemen leader says still president after flight to south

The Yemeni leader who resigned the presidency last month and has fled to the country's south says all actions taken since Shiite rebels stormed the capital last September are illegitimate, hinting that he will seek to reclaim his power and office.
In a statement signed as the "President of the Republic" Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi called for a national dialogue in the southern port city of Aden or city of Taiz both areas not under control by the Shiite rebels, known as Houthis.
He says he supports the power transfer plan backed by Gulf countries after Yemen's 2011 Arab Spring uprising, which envisaged a transfer of power to him from predecessor Ali Abdullah Saleh until elections.

He also called on military and security forces to support him.