United Nations envoy Martin Griffiths leaves a hotel after meeting the delegation of the Government of Yemen in Geneva, Switzerland September 6, 2018. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
GENEVA (Reuters) - Yemen's Houthi group said on Friday it was still waiting for the United Nations to guarantee that the flight carrying its delegation to peace talks in Geneva would not be inspected by Saudi coalition forces and could evacuate some of its wounded.
U.N.-brokered talks to end Yemen's three-year war were meant to begin on Sept. 6, but only representatives of the Yemeni government of Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi turned up as the Houthis insisted their plane to Geneva be allowed to evacuate dozens of injured people to neighbouring Oman.
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