Sanaa (ANTARA News/AFP) - Attempts by Gulf monarchies to mediate in Yemen`s crisis are "over," opposition spokesman Mohammed Qahtan said Tuesday after President Ali Abdullah Saleh repeatedly refused to sign a deal that would see him hand over power within 30 days.

"This agreement is terminated," Qahtan told AFP 10 days after Saleh refused to sign the agreement proposed by the Gulf monarchies, despite it having being signed by his own party and the opposition.

The United Arab Emirates, which holds the rotating Gulf Cooperation Council presidency, made known the termination of the group`s mediation efforts in a letter to the UAE`s ambassador to Sanaa, the spokesman added. (*)

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