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Arabia
Yemen Houthis refuse to hold talks in Saudi Arabia
2015-03-10
[Iran Press TV] The Ansarullah movement in Yemen has rejected the idea of transferring to Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
 the venue of talks on the country's ongoing situation.
Of course not. They're Shiite and Iranian catspaws, the Saudis are Sunni. Why would they venture, unprotected, into enemy territory?
Mohammed Bukhaiti, a member of the movement's political council, made the announcement on Monday, underscoring that such a decision is in breach of previous agreements.

The rebuttal came after Saudi Arabia announced its readiness to host negotiations among the [Persian] Gulf Cooperation Council
... the Medes and the Persians are very sensitive on the subject of the Persian Gulf, which the Arabs refer to as the Arabian Gulf...
 member states over the ongoing political turmoil in Yemen.

The six-nation council had agreed to hold talks over Yemen in the Saudi capital of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia's state news agency SPA reported on Monday, citing a statement by the Saudi King's office.

Saudi Arabia had said the proposal for organizing the talks in Riyadh was made in response to a request by Yemen's runaway former President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi
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