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UAE reopens Yemen embassy in Aden

Xinhua, February 28, 2015 Adjust font size:

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) said on Friday it has decided to reopen its embassy in Yemen in the city of Aden, state news agency WAM reported.

This decision comes to consolidate "the constitutional legitimacy in the sisterly state of Yemen," Anwar Bin Mohammed Gargash, minister of state for foreign affairs, said in a public statement.

Gargash reiterated the UAE's absolute rejection to the Houthi coup and its subsequent arbitrary measures, noting that the security and stability of Yemen "is through restoration of the legitimacy and political process that resulted from the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) Initiative."

The Houthi rebels, supported by Iran, seized power in Yemen's capital Sanaa and dissolved the parliament, a move that was not recognized by the GCC and most Western states. Endit