A source in the Yemeni Prime Minister Mohammed Basindoh's office denied on Thursday what Reuters has reported regarding requesting Yemeni outgoing President to leave the country before the upcoming Presidential elections, the official Saba News Agency reported.

Asked whether Saleh will leave the country for US, Basindoh replied "we heard he would go to US," the identified source added.

The source urged Reuters to stick to accuracy and professionalism and not to magnify things.

Rueters quoted Basindoh as saying: "We request from Saleh to leave the country before the upcoming presidential elections,"

Basindoh was appointed as the head of National Reconciliation Government early in December in line with the GCC crafted deal under which Saleh transferred all his executive powers to VP Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi, who will be the sole candidate for the upcoming presidential elections due to be held on Feburary21.