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| Yemen's Exiled Gov't Quits UN Peace Talks |
| 2015-09-14 |
| Yemen's exiled government said on Sunday it would no longer attend UN-mediated peace talks with its Houthi adversaries. Loyalists of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi have been battling the Iran-allied militia across the country since late March, when the group forced him and his administration to flee to Saudi Arabia. "(The government) confirmed it would not take part in any meeting until the coup militia recognize international resolution 2216 and accepts to implement it unconditionally," the official state news agency Saba said. Hailing the now-scuppered talks on Friday, the UN Security Council had urged the parties to refrain from preconditions and "unilateral actions". Peace talks in June failed to end the fighting, which has brought the country to the brink of famine, killed more than 4,500 people and led to a security vacuum that has strengthened Al-Qaida's Yemen branch. |
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