Manama, Rabi'I 20, 1439, Dec 8, 2017, SPA -- Yemeni Foreign Minister Abdulmalik Al-Mikhlafi met here today with Robert S. Karem, US Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs and Timothy A Lenderking, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Arabian Gulf Affairs, currently on a visit to Bahrain, to take part in Manama Strategic and Security Dialogue. The Yemeni official demanded states sponsoring the political settlement, in Yemen, to denounce the ongoing escalation by the Iran-backed Houthi pro-coup militia, at all levels, in order to impose their sectarian and confrontational agenda, on Yemen, a fact that has never taken place, before, in the country, Yemeni official news agency quoted him as saying here today. -- SPA 22:14 LOCAL TIME 19:14 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w558325