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Saudi foreign minister says efforts to extend the truce in Yemen still stand

FILE PHOTO: Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan speaks during a meeting with South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul, South Korea July 20, 2022. Jung Yeon-je/Pool via REUTERS

Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said that the efforts to extend the truce in Yemen still stand, Al Arabiya TV reported on Wednesday, after an initial U.N.-brokered pact between a Saudi-led coalition and the Houthi movement expired early this month.

The kingdom, the coalition and the Riyadh-backed Yemeni government are "keen on extending the truce," the Saudi-owned TV quoted Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud as saying.

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