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| Yemeni govt ready for peace negotiations, sez PM |
| 2015-11-27 |
| Khalid Bahah, Vice-President and Prime Minister of Yemen, has said his government was ready for a peace negotiations provided Houthi rebels and ousted former president Ali Abdullah Saleh are serious and sincere about implementing the UN Security Council resolutions, especially the resolution No 2216. Bahah made these remarks while holding talks with US ambassador to Yemen, Matthew H.Tueller, at a meeting in Riyadh. According to the Yemeni official news agency SABA, Bahah underscored the keenness of the government to stop the war. The meeting also discussed the status of the current operations to recapture the city of Taiz. SABA quoted the US ambassador as saying that his country was committed to supporting the legitimate Yemeni government. Yemeni president's advisor Yaseen Makawi met the US ambassador and discussed with him the bilateral relations and latest developments in the light of the victories achieved by the national armed forces and the popular resistance against Houthi rebels. Makway underlined the importance of the role of the US in making UN resolutions binding on Houthi and Saleh militias. |
| Posted by:Steve White |