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| US envoy to Yemen says Hadi 'legitimate' president |
| 2015-03-03 |
| [Al Ahram] The US envoy to Yemen threw his support behind President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi after talks in the southern port city of Aden on Monday, saying he remains the "legitimate" leader. Ambassador Matthew Tueller was the latest high-profile diplomat to travel to Aden, Hadi's base since he fled effective house arrest in the capital last month following a power grab by the Shiite Huthi militia. "President Hadi remains the legitimate president of Yemen and the key person to ensure that Yemen moves forward on a peaceful and stable path," Tueller told news hounds after meeting Hadi. The United States closed its embassy in Sanaa indefinitely last month and evacuated diplomats and staff due to the worsening security situation. The Huthis, who had long fought the Sanaa regime from their northern stronghold, overran the capital in September and moved on to occupy the seats of power in February. They named a "presidential council" after Western-backed Hadi and Prime Minister Khalid Bahah tendered their resignations in January in protest at what critics branded an attempted coup. Hadi retracted his resignation shortly after resurfacing in Aden, while Bahah remains under house arrest in the capital. The Huthis oppose a plan to divide the republic into six federal regions -- a roadmap agreed on during national dialogue stipulated in a peace deal brokered by Gulf neighbours and sponsored by the United Nations ...a formerly good idea gone bad... . |
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