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UK to urge Security Council action over Yemen

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Last Updated : Nov 05 2018 | 6:20 AM IST

Britain on Monday announced that it was urging UN Security Council partners to act over the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, saying there now "appears to be a window" for a peace deal.

Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt agreed with the UN's Yemen envoy Martin Griffiths "that the time was right for the Council to act to bolster the UN-led process," according to a Foreign Office statement.

"For too long in the Yemen conflict both sides have believed a military solution is possible with catastrophic consequences for the people," said Hunt. "Now for the first time there appears to be a window in which both sides can be encouraged to come to the table, stop the killing and find a political solution that is the only long term way out of disaster."

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First Published: Nov 05 2018 | 6:20 AM IST

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