Qatar- Tillerson back to Kuwait after talks in Jeddah

2017-07-13 01:14:10

(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Agencies

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has ended talks with ministers from Saudi Arabia and three Arab allies over how to end a month-long rift with Qatar, but there was no immediate word of a breakthrough.
Tillerson had left Jeddah and returned to Kuwait for another round of talks with Emir H H Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah. The State Department said that Tillerson will travel to Qatar and meet senior officials today. He was scheduled to return to the US today.
Tillerson wrapped up talks with the king of Saudi Arabia and other officials from Arab countries lined up against Qatar with no sign of a breakthrough.
The secretary of state's trip from Kuwait to the western Saudi city of Jeddah followed discussions the previous day with Emir, H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, that ended with the signing of a counterterrorism pact.
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain severed relations with Qatar have given no indication it would be willing to back off from its hard-nosed stance. Just hours before Tillerson's arrival in Jeddah, the four Arab states said the counterterrorism deal that Qatar signed with him was "not enough" to ease their concerns.

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