By Julian Borger, Patrick Wintour
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The Trump administration has given details of a UN-brokered peace plan aimed at ending the war in Yemen, beginning with a ceasefire within 30 days and talks to be held in Sweden.
The US defence secretary, James Mattis, told an audience in Washington that Saudi Arabia and its Emirati allies were ready for a deal and that the talks between the Saudi-led coalition and the Houthi rebels were being arranged by the United Nations special envoy, Martin Griffiths.
The secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, issued a statement about three hours later, proposing specific terms for a ceasefire.
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The former head of US disaster relief assistance, Jeremy Konyndyk, suggested the Trump administration was beginning to panic about what could happen in Yemen, and the growing congressional opposition to US backing for the Saudi coalition, especially after Khashoggi’s murder.
“UN envoy Martin Griffiths was in DC last week and his briefings must have turned some heads,” Konyndyk said in a series of tweets. “No administration wants a famine on its watch – and particularly one that would be so closely tied to the White House’s Saudi policy.”
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