BFF-04 Mattis calls for Yemen ceasefire, peace talks within ‘next 30 days’

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Mattis calls for Yemen ceasefire, peace talks within ‘next 30 days’

WASHINGTON, Oct 31, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis called Tuesday for a ceasefire in Yemen and for parties to come to the negotiating table within the next 30 days.

“We have got to move toward a peace effort here, and we can’t say we are going to do it sometime in the future,” Mattis said at a Washington event.

“We need to be doing this in the next 30 days.”

BSS/AFP/AU/07:45 hrs