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| GCC Countries Refuse Amendments to Deal for Yemen |
| 2011-08-12 |
| [Yemen Post] A Gulf diplomat said on Wednesday that the matter of power transfer in Yemen gains the support of all the members of the Gulf Cooperation Council including Soddy Arabia and that any amendments to the GCC-brokered deal over that had been rejected by the countries. In a statement to the Akhbar Al-Youm newspaper, the diplomat said, "coordination among the GCC countries, the U.S. and the EU are continuing on the base of an immediate power transition as the only way out of the Yemeni crisis either according to the GCC plan or the UN initiative". The newspaper quoted the diplomat as saying that President-for-Life Saleh ... exemplifying the Arab's propensity to combine brutality with incompetence... , convalescing in Riyadh after nine surgeries for burns suffered in an liquidation attempt in June, had written the White House to inform the U.S. administration of his clear approval to transfer powers to his deputy. Saleh's letter included that he had decided not to return home, amid reports about mounting pressure on him to sign the GCC plan and warnings not to come back to his country gripped by persistent unrest and associated severe crises, the paper said. Meantime, Yemeni officials have confirmed that Saleh will return after finishing recuperation amid warnings of local analysts who said that Saleh's return will explode the situation and might drive the country to civil war. |
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