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"The president is in good health. He will return to Yemen soon, but is awaiting the decision of his doctors," Janadi told a news conference, without specifying a date.
Saleh, who has been in power since 1978, was wounded in a bomb attack at the presidential palace compound in Sanaa on June 3, and was admitted to hospital in Saudi Arabia the following day.
He appeared on television on July 7 for the first time since the attack, heavily bandaged.
Three days later, he was shown on television receiving John Brennan, US President Barack Obama's top counter-terrorism adviser. He was in better shape than in his earlier appearance, although burns were still visible on his face.
The White House said Brennan had called on Saleh during the meeting to sign a transition plan sponsored by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) that would see him cede power within 30 days in exchange for immunity from prosecution.
Since January, Saleh has faced protests calling for him to stand down. Bloody crackdowns on demonstrators by his security forces have drawn international condemnation, including from Washington.
Some generals and military units, along with the leader of the country's most powerful tribal federation, have pledged support for the demonstrators, but elite units such as the Republican Guards have remained loyal, and Saleh has refused to stand down.
Since Saleh left for Saudi Arabia, Yemeni Vice President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi has assumed power but has not been designated the de facto head of state.
On Saturday, a group of young anti-Saleh protesters who have camped out in a square in Sanaa since February announced the creation of a 17-member "presidential council."
The council "is charged with leading the country during a transition period not to exceed nine months and with forming a government of technocrats," Tawakul Karman, a leader of the anti-Saleh protest movement, told reporters.
The council groups notable personalities from different opposition groups, including Ali Nasser Mohammed, the ex-president of formerly independent South Yemen, former premier Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas and Abdullah al-Hakimi, an exiled long-time opponent of Saleh.
"We decided to announce the formation of the presidential council in the wake of rumours that Saleh will return on Sunday or Monday," Hashem al-Ibara, an official in a youth opposition coalition, told AFP.
However, the formation of the council does not appear to be supported by some other Saleh opponents, including the parliamentary opposition, which inked the GCC-sponsored transition plan that Saleh has so far refused to sign.
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Saleh, who has been in power since 1978, was wounded in a bomb attack at the presidential palace compound in Sanaa on June 3, and was admitted to hospital in Saudi Arabia the following day.
He appeared on television on July 7 for the first time since the attack, heavily bandaged.
Three days later, he was shown on television receiving John Brennan, US President Barack Obama's top counter-terrorism adviser. He was in better shape than in his earlier appearance, although burns were still visible on his face.
The White House said Brennan had called on Saleh during the meeting to sign a transition plan sponsored by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) that would see him cede power within 30 days in exchange for immunity from prosecution.
Since January, Saleh has faced protests calling for him to stand down. Bloody crackdowns on demonstrators by his security forces have drawn international condemnation, including from Washington.
Some generals and military units, along with the leader of the country's most powerful tribal federation, have pledged support for the demonstrators, but elite units such as the Republican Guards have remained loyal, and Saleh has refused to stand down.
Since Saleh left for Saudi Arabia, Yemeni Vice President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi has assumed power but has not been designated the de facto head of state.
On Saturday, a group of young anti-Saleh protesters who have camped out in a square in Sanaa since February announced the creation of a 17-member "presidential council."
The council "is charged with leading the country during a transition period not to exceed nine months and with forming a government of technocrats," Tawakul Karman, a leader of the anti-Saleh protest movement, told reporters.
The council groups notable personalities from different opposition groups, including Ali Nasser Mohammed, the ex-president of formerly independent South Yemen, former premier Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas and Abdullah al-Hakimi, an exiled long-time opponent of Saleh.
"We decided to announce the formation of the presidential council in the wake of rumours that Saleh will return on Sunday or Monday," Hashem al-Ibara, an official in a youth opposition coalition, told AFP.
However, the formation of the council does not appear to be supported by some other Saleh opponents, including the parliamentary opposition, which inked the GCC-sponsored transition plan that Saleh has so far refused to sign.
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