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Foreign Minister, Yemen - Abu Bakr al-Qirbi

If Yemen is a failing state, who is to blame?

Yemen is the Arab world鈥檚 slow motion car crash; a humanitarian, economic, and security disaster that makes few headlines in the outside world. The Yemeni government is supposed to be in the middle of a major programme of political and economic reform, but right now its focus appears to be a major military assault on local Al Qaeda strongholds. Hardtalk speaks to Yemen鈥檚 veteran foreign minister, Abu Bakr al-Qirbi - if Yemen is a failing state, who is to blame?

23 minutes

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Fri 2 May 2014 08:06GMT

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  • Fri 2 May 2014 08:06GMT

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