Tillerson meets with British, Saudi, UAE ministers on Yemen

Paris - The meeting was organised by top British diplomat Boris Johnson at the British embassy in Paris.

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met on Tuesday with the foreign ministers of Britain, Saudi Arabia and the UAE to discuss "a political solution" to the conflict in Yemen, sources said.
The meeting was organised by top British diplomat Boris Johnson at the British embassy in Paris.
Tillerson and Johnson took part earlier on Tuesday in the launch of an international initiative against chemical weapons, in particular in Syria.
"We talked about the agreed critical goals in Yemen which are, first and foremost, to sustain the measures that have been taken over the course of the past weeks to expand" humanitarian access, a senior US State Department official said after the embassy meeting.
"That's what provides all of us the space" to pursue "further goals" of a political resolution to the conflict and a strategy to counter Iranian influence in Yemen, he added.
A Saudi-led coalition has been waging an air campaign against Houthi rebels since March 2015 in an attempt to shore up the internationally recognised government of Abedrabbo Mansur Hadi.
Riyadh on Monday announced $1.5 billion in humanitarian aid and an operation to facilitate relief.
 

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