Expectations low as Yemen's warring parties meet for talks

 

December 6, 2018



CAIRO (AP) — Yemen's warring parties will meet in Sweden this week for another attempt at talks aimed at halting their catastrophic 3-year-old war, but there are few incentives for major compromises, and the focus is likely to be on firming up a shaky de-escalation.

U.N. officials say they don't expect rapid progress toward a political settlement but hope for at least minor steps that would help to address Yemen's worsening humanitarian crisis.

Britain's U.N. Ambassador Karen Pierce said "it's very good news" that all the parties have come to Stockholm "but the hard work begins now and we hope...



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