(MENAFN- The Peninsula) QNA & AFP
Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani met yesterday at Al Bahr Palace with UK Foreign Minister Boris Johnson and the delegation accompanying him.
They discussed the latest developments in the GCC crisis and its implications in terms of regional and international stability. The British Foreign Minister stressed the United Kingdom's support to the State of Kuwait's mediation efforts, led by the Emir of Kuwait H H Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmed Al Jaber Al Sabah to resolve the crisis.
The meeting also dealt with issues of joint interest, particularly terrorism and extremism and the ways to enhance bilateral cooperation as part of regional and international counter-terrorism efforts. The Emir and the UK Foreign Minister reviewed facets of bilateral strategic ties and the means to enhance them in different fields, particularly bilateral cooperation in Qatar's hosting of the 2022 World Cup.
Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani met yesterday with UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and the delegation accompanying him on the occasion of their visit to the country. They discussed latest developments.
The Foreign Minister H E Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani also met UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson. The meeting dealt with bilateral relations and the means to enhance them. The Foreign Minister discussed with his UK counterpart the latest developments of the siege laid on Qatar and all the illegal measures.
The Foreign Minister stressed that enforcing unilateral measures on Qatar was against the Charter of the United Nations and a severe violation of international law, which led to grave humanitarian consequences and human rights violations.
Foreign Minister H E Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani yesterday met with UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson.
The Foreign Minister also stressed that the siege was set without resorting to the mechanisms adopted by regional and international organisations.
Meanwhile in Kuwait yesterday, Boris Johnson urged Arab states to end their Qatar boycott, downplaying the odds of a military escalation in the worst crisis to grip the Gulf in years, . Johnson met with his Kuwaiti counterpart Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al Sabah and was scheduled to visit Qatar later in the day.
"What people need to see is de-escalation and progress towards tackling the funding of terrorism in the region, and progress toward an end to this blockade," Johnson said, voicing support for Kuwait as a mediator in the crisis. Johnson, who also held talks in Saudi Arabia on Friday, said it was "highly unlikely" that the current standoff would descend into military conflict. "Everybody I have talked to said the opposite. No possibility of a military confrontation," he said. "The blockade is unwelcome and we hope there will be a de-escalation," he added.
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