Former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh, who has been accused of meddling in his country’s fragile political transition, was in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for treatment, a Yemeni diplomat said.

Saleh arrived for medical tests and treatment in the Saudi capital on Monday, his party, General People’s Congress (GPC), said. He spent time recovering in a Riyadh hospital in June 2011 after an attack on his compound left him seriously wounded. A Yemeni diplomat confirmed to AFP that Saleh was in Riyadh and sources in the GPC said that Saudi Arabia chartered a plane to take him to the kingdom. Saleh was admitted to hospital, the head of the GPC parliamentary bloc told AFP.