Posted on 10/19/2009 8:03:49 PM PDT by nuconvert
TEHRAN, Oct. 19 (UPI) -- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki postponed a planned to visit Yemen because of concerns from the Yemeni president.
Mottaki said he planned to deliver a message from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the Yemeni government in an effort to resolve lingering conflict with Shiite rebels, Iran's state-funded broadcaster Press TV reports.
Yemen launched a major military offensive against al-Houthi rebels in the north of the country in early August. The government claimed it found Iranian-made weapons at depots used by al-Houthi rebels, who the government accuses of attempting to establish a caliphate in the region.
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Very interesting. Thanks for this.
pong
TKS
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