|
Yemen's president lashes out at Iran during UN visit
United Nations (United States) (AFP) - Yemen's president hit out at Iran during his address to the United Nations on Friday, accusing Tehran of blocking peace moves through its support for Houthi rebels who continue to hold the capital."We shall extract Yemen from the claws of Iran. We shall raise the Yemeni flag over every foot of our precious soil," President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi told the UN General Assembly. Hadi also urged foreign governments and financial institutions to back his government's decision to move the central bank from Sanaa to the southern city Aden. After the Houthis began diverting funds from Yemen's foreign reserves, Hadi sacked the central bank governor and announced at the weekend that the bank would relocate to Aden. The latest round of UN-led talks ended last month between the government and the Houthis without a breakthrough and a ceasefire that had been in place since April was broken. The president accused Iran of fueling extremism in the region as his country is home to Al-Qaeda's deadliest franchise and to an increasingly active branch of the Islamic State group. "We tell the whole world in very clear terms that extremism and sectarian terrorism sponsored by Iran in the region has created and will create a terrorism that will be counter to that," Hadi said. Yemen's prime minister and seven ministers returned to Aden on Thursday, setting up the government which had been in exile since October. Posted by: Pappy 2016-09-26 |
| http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=468604 |