 The goal of unity was reaffirmed by the northern and southern heads of state during a summit meeting in Kuwait in March 1979.What the PDRY government failed to tell the YAR government was that it wished to be the dominant power in any unification, and left wing rebels in North Yemen began to receive extensive funding and arms from South Yemen.In 1980, PDRY president Abdul Fattah Ismail resigned and went into exile.