Houthis not expected at Yemen peace talks, government leaving: diplomat, official

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UN envoy Griffiths walks in a hotel lobby before meeting the delegation of the Government of Yemen in Geneva
FILE PHOTO – United Nations envoy Martin Griffiths walks in a hotel lobby before meeting the delegation of the Government of Yemen in Geneva, Switzerland September 7, 2018. Picture taken through a window. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

September 8, 2018

GENEVA (Reuters) – Yemen’s Houthi group is not expected at U.N.-brokered talks in Geneva to end the country’s three-year war and the Yemeni government delegation will leave on Saturday, a diplomat and a delegation official told Reuters.

“There are no expectations the Houthis are coming,” the diplomat said on Saturday. “The government delegation is leaving today,” the Yemeni government delegation official said.

Martin Griffiths, the United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen who set up the talks, the first in three years, is due to hold a news conference at 0800 GMT.

(Reporting by Stephanie Nebehay; Editing by Catherine Evans)

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