Qatar exits GCC-initiated Yemen solution
May 13th, 2011 - 8:49 am ICT by IANSDoha, May 13 (IANS) Qatar Thursday decided to exit the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)-brokered initiative to resolve the crisis in Yemen due to the delay in signing of deal, Xinhua reported Qatar News Agency as saying.
Qatar “was compelled to take this decision because of procrastination and delay in signing the agreement proposed in the initiative,” the report quoted sources from the foreign ministry said.
Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabor Al- Thani had informed GCC Secretary General Abdullatif Al-Zayani of Qatar’s decision via phone.
On April 10 , the oil-rich GCC put forward an initiative to end the month-long crisis in Yemen.
The plan stipulated that Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh leave office within 30 days after signing the deal in exchange for immunity from prosecution, and the new government, formed by the opposition within seven days, should arrange the presidential and parliamentary elections in 60 days.
But the proposal was stalled after Saleh refused to sign the deal April 30.
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