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Yemen's ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh said in an interview broadcast Friday he had rejected "millions of dollars" Saudi Arabia offered him if he stood up to the Huthis

"We will not let go of the Huthis," he said

"They told us 'we'll pay you millions of dollars if you ally with us' "against the Huthis, Saleh told the Beirut-based Al-Mayadeen television channel, adding that he rejected the offer.

He said the former Saudi ambassador in Yemen "came to me with a message from the kingdom asking me to stand by (fugitive President Abedrabbo Mansour) Hadi and the Muslim Brotherhood... against the Huthis

"I told them I support national unity for all political forces in Yemen," he said

"Our difference with the Huthis... was administrative, not ideological," he said, speaking of his regime's nine wars with the Huthis in their northern regions

He accused the Sunni-ruled kingdom of seeking to sow "sedition" in his country, saying its "hatred" for the Huthis was "sectarian
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I will not accept power for myself or my son" Ahmed, who led the elite Republican Guard troops during his rule, saleh insisted

Saleh accused Hadi, who sought refuge in Riyadh after Huthis closed down on his last southern refuge, Aden, of having "left power to the Huthis and fled

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"Abedrabbo Mansour is over," President Saleh said

In the interview, he renewed calls for talks in Geneva between the Yemeni parties, as well as negotiations between Yemenis and Saudi Arabia

I ask saudi not to move on ground, I'm "absolutely" sure they will regret

Saudi-led coalition warplanes began an air campaign against Yemen on March 26

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