Yemen govt team leaving peace talks

By our correspondents
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July 30, 2016

KUWAIT CITY: Yemen’s government delegation to UN-brokered peace talks in Kuwait said it will leave on Saturday, signalling the collapse of four months of UN-brokered negotiations with Huthi rebels.

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"Today (Friday), we are holding some farewell meetings... and the delegation will leave on Saturday," delegation spokesman Mohammed al-Emrani told AFP.

"There can be no more talks after the new coup," he said referring to the rebels’ formation of a supreme political council to run war-torn Yemen.

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