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| Yemen to name new PM in potential deal with Huthis |
| 2014-09-12 |
| [ARABNEWS] Yemen's president has offered to appoint a new prime minister within 48 hours under a potential deal with Iranian catspaws in return for ending their protests, sources close to the presidency said Thursday. A front man for the rebels, whose protests have raised fears of worsening unrest in the Arabian Peninsula country, said they were considering the offer. "An accord was reached... late on Wednesday" to end the country's latest political impasse, by which "a new prime minister will be named within 48 hours" and fuel prices will be further cut, a presidency source told AFP. Another presidency source said it was an "understanding over an agreement that will be finalized by (UN envoy Jamal) Benomar," who arrived in the capital Sanaa early on Thursday. GCC envoy Saleh Al-Qunayeer had also arrived in the country "to back efforts aimed at easing tensions," a GCC statement said. President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi promised in an initiative rejected by the Houthis earlier this month to name a new prime minister. The rebels had been demanding that Hadi consult them before naming a new prime minister. It was unclear if this has been agreed in the overnight accord. Under the draft deal, the rebels are to "dismantle their protest camps and pull their gunnies" from Sanaa and its surroundings, one of the presidency sources added. |
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