June 15, 2015 Meet the Middle East

Yemen foreign minister says 'not optimistic' as peace talks begin

Yemeni Foreign Minister Riad Yassin voiced pessimism Monday as high stakes talks aimed at trying to resolve his country's bloody conflict got off to a stumbling start in Geneva."I'm not very optimistic," Yassin told AFP, lamenting that the Iran-backed Shiite rebels battling exiled President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi's internationally recognised government "never respect any treaty."
Source: Albawaba
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