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Yemen govt accuses Houthis of ‘sabotage’ for not showing up in peace talks
[ARABNEWS] Yemen's foreign minister accused the Houthi ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews... militia on Saturday of "trying to sabotage the negotiations" that ended without their attendance in Geneva and said that the UN envoy had not been firm enough with them. "We want the UN to be firmer in bringing the other party to the negotiations", Yemeni Foreign Minister Khaled al-Yamani told a presser before leaving the Swiss city after three days of talks with UN envoy Stephen Griffiths on confidence-building measures including prisoner releases. Al-Yamani, who led the government delegation, also accused the Houthis of being "totally irresponsible". "If they were sincere in reaching peace, they should have come, even if we were meeting in separate rooms," he said. Anwar Gargash, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs for the United Arab Emirates, a key member of the Saudi-led coalition of Sunni Arab states, tweeted: "Despite the serious setback in Geneva the way forward is still a political solution. What is perhaps clearer now to the international community is the unwillingness of the Houthis to engage in good faith with such a process." Despite the Houthis failure to show up, Griffiths said thatdid not signify the grinding of the peace processor was deadlocked Posted by: Fred 2018-09-09 |
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