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Wednesday, July 12, 2017
From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, July 12, 2017
Tillerson meets Arab ministers over Qatar boycott
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleUS Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is holding meetings with four Arab states boycotting Qatar as part of a round of intense shuttle diplomacy aimed at resolving the regional crisis.
Tillerson flew into Saudi Arabia where he met King Salman, whose country is leading a four-state alliance that has cut ties with Qatar over accusations that it supports extremism.
He then began talks with the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain in an attempt to mend fences between the crucial US allies.
In a setback to his efforts, the four Arab states yesterday quickly dismissed a counter-terrorism deal signed between Qatar and the United States as “insufficient.”
— AFP
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