Yemen to resolve Eritrea dispute

Senior Yemeni officials flew to London for the second stage of arbitration hearings to resolve a dispute with Eritrea over Red Sea islands near busy oil tanker routes, a Yemeni newspaper said on July 15.

The team, led by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Abdul Karim Al Iryani, had traveled to London.

"This is the second stage of arbitration in which the two sides — Yemen and Eritrea — will file their reposes to the initial positions of the other side," it said, "the two sides' rebuttals include documents, maps, and other supporting evidence."

The five-judge arbitration panel, which first met in January, has the final say on the ownership of the disputed islands.

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