Posted on 12/03/2018 11:23:01 AM PST by BenLurkin
The US-backed military alliance agreed to facilitate the medical evacuations at the request of Griffiths for "humanitarian reasons" and as a "confidence-building" measure, Maliki added in the statement.
There was no immediate reaction from the Houthi rebels or the UN.
The proposed UN-brokered peace talks have been backed by both the rebels and the Saudi-led government and were expected to take place in Sweden this week.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, however, has played down the early December schedule and said he hoped talks would start "this year".
Houthi rebels have said they will attend the talks if they are guaranteed safe passage.
Talks planned for September in Geneva failed to get under way as the Houthi delegation never left Yemen's rebel-held capital, arguing that the UN could not guarantee their safe return.
(Excerpt) Read more at aljazeera.com ...
Ditto that
So why are they not flown to Iran? If Iran is denying responsibility, what kind of garbage peace deal is this?
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