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Yemen govt slams UN envoy for ‘appeasing’ rebels
GENEVA, Sept 8, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – Yemen’s foreign minister slammed a UN
envoy Saturday for “appeasing” Huthi rebels by not squarely blaming them for
the failure of peace talks in Geneva.
“I believe that the words of the Special Envoy… were unfortunately
appeasing the coup plotters and giving them excuse,” Khaled Yamani told
reporters shortly after UN envoy Martin Griffiths announced that talks
scheduled this week had ended after the rebels failed to show up.
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