Blinken to meet Yemeni presidential leadership council chairman in New York

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken faces a joint news convention with Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi following a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signing ceremony on the State Department in Washington, U.S., September 16, 2022. REUTERS/Leah Millis

Sept 18 (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet the Yemeni Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council Rashad Al-Alimi on Monday in New York, the State Department mentioned on Sunday as world dignitaries arrive for the U.N. General Assembly.

Yemen has been break up by a seven-year-old warfare pitting a fractious coalition led by Saudi Arabia in opposition to the Iran-aligned Houthi group. The Houthis largely maintain the north and the internationally acknowledged authorities relies in the south.

Reporting by Costas Pitas in Los Angeles; Editing by Christopher Cushing

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