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US diplomat slams Houthis for Hodeida stalemate
US Ambassador Matthew Tueller.

Cairo - US Ambassador Matthew Tueller asked the rebels to stop serving the interests of those who want to further "weaken" Yemen.

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Published: Thu 21 Mar 2019, 10:35 PM

Last updated: Fri 22 Mar 2019, 12:43 AM

The US ambassador to Yemen on Thursday urged Iran-backed Houthi militia to show "political maturity" and live up to their responsibilities under a UN-negotiated peace deal for the port city of Hodeida, Yemen's key gateway for international aid.
The remarks by US Ambassador Matthew Tueller came a day after the spokesman for Yemen's internationally recognised government called for stepped-up international pressure on the rebels, who have refused to surrender Hodeida.
Speaking in the southern city of Aden, which has been serving as the seat of Yemen's government since the Houthis in 2014 seized the capital of Sanaa, Tueller asked the rebels to stop serving the interests of those who want to further "weaken" Yemen - a veiled reference to Iran.
In March 2015, a Saudi-led coalition of mainly Arab states joined the war on the side of the Yemeni government and has been fighting the Houthis since.
The last round of peace talks in Sweden late last year offered a glimpse of hope after the warring sides agreed to withdraw their forces from Hodeida. 


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