US, EU call on all Yemeni parties to sign Gulf deal
The Source: SANA'A/hadhramaut.info/sabanews.net - 12/05/2011
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The United States Thursday called on all Yemeni political factions to sign a Gulf deal and immediately implement it for ensuring peaceful transition of power.
Washington "is deeply concerned by recent violence throughout Yemen", State Department deputy spokesman Mark Toner said in a statement, condemning strongly these troubling actions. Meanwhile, EU High Representative Catherine Ashton has said she was following "with the utmost concern "the developments in Yemen.Ashton welcomed the deal of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), urging Yemeni parties to sign the political transition agreement."I wish to add my voice to those of the GCC leaders by calling on both sides to sign and implement it without further delay. The solution is there. The moment is now. The Yemeni people have waited for too long," stressed the EU forign policy chief. For his part, Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Abdul-Latif al-Zayani said on Thursday in a statement that the GCC initiative is the best solution and an exit out of the country’s dramatic situation, to stop the bloodshed and spare the country further deterioration of the security and political division. The GCC chief called on all Yemeni parties to return to the GCC initiative for solving the crisis.Al-Zayani also noted that violence would lead to nothing but more bloodshed.
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