Egypt Calls for Yemen Talks as Parliament Weighs Military Support to Saudi Arabia
Egypt urges a political settlement in Yemen as lawmakers delay a vote on military support for Saudi Arabia until Oct. 26.
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Egypt calls for Yemen talks as parliament weighs military support to Saudi Arabia
Oct 22 (Reuters) - Egypt advocates exploring "every opportunity" to resolve the Yemen conflict diplomatically, its foreign minister said, ahead of a parliamentary vote next week on authorising the armed forces to support Saudi Arabia against the Iran-aligned Houthis.Any direct involvement of the Egyptian military, one of the region's largest, would raise the stakes in the conflict between the kingdom and the Houthis, an increasingly destabilisin…
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdel Ati stressed the need to reach a political solution between Saudi Arabia and the Yemeni Ansarullah movement.
Egypt argues that all opportunities for the diplomatic settlement of the Yemeni conflict should be explored, in the context of the Cairo Parliament's forthcoming vote on 26 October on a proposal that would allow the army to support Saudi Arabia against the Houthi rebels, aligned with Iran, Reuters reports.
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