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Aden to be main Yemen airport, foreign minister says

Published: 08 Dec 2018 - 04:22 pm | Last Updated: 01 Nov 2021 - 04:19 am
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Rimbo, Sweden: Yemen's foreign minister on Saturday said Aden will be home to the country's main airport, in the midst of talks to reopen the rebel-held international airport in the capital Sanaa.
"We have a vision that Aden will be the sovereign airport of Yemen," Khaled al-Yamani told AFP in his first interview since the talks opened in Sweden on Thursday. 

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