§ 41. Mr. Sorensenasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the Yemen, and on the relationship of Her Majesty's Government with the Yemeni Government.
§ Mr. R. A. ButlerThe situation in the Yemen has changed little in recent months. A large part of the country remains under royalist control. Fighting has died down a little but still continues. We welcome the news that the duration of the United Nations Yemen Observation Mission has been extended until January, and that the Secretary-General of the United Nations has sent Signor Spinelli to the Yemen as his personal representative.
Her Majesty's Government maintain relations with the Government of the Imam and do not consider that the Yemeni republican régime fulfils their criteria for recognition.