Yemen's Exiled President Plays Down Coming UN Peace Talks

Deutsche Welle: 'No negotiations' at Yemen peace talks, says exiled President Hadi

Yemen's president has told Saudi-owned al-Arabiya television that UN-brokered talks will not seek reconciliation with rebel Houthi fighters. UN chief Ban Ki-moon had urged both sides to negotiate "without preconditions."

"These are not talks, it is only a discussion to implement UN Security Council resolution 2216, how to implement it on the ground," exiled President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi told al-Arabiya television in an interview aired on Monday.

UN Security Council resolution 2216 stipulates that Houthis "withdraw from all areas seized during the latest conflict, relinquish arms seized from military and security institutions, cease all actions falling exclusively within the authority of the legitimate Government of Yemen and fully implement previous Council resolutions," according to a statement by the UN.

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