Tillerson in Kuwait to help resolve GCC row

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has arrived in Kuwait at the start of a four-day visit to Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia to help seek a resolution to the ongoing Gulf crisis. Tillerson will first “meet with senior Kuwaiti officials to discuss the ongoing efforts to resolve the Gulf dispute”, before heading to Qatar […]

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has arrived in Kuwait at the start of a four-day visit to Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia to help seek a resolution to the ongoing Gulf crisis.

Tillerson will first “meet with senior Kuwaiti officials to discuss the ongoing efforts to resolve the Gulf dispute”, before heading to Qatar and Saudi Arabia, the state department announced.

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt cut ties with Qatar on June 5 and imposed a land, air and sea blockade on the country.

The quartets accuse Qatar of funding “terrorism”, an accusation Qatar rejects as “baseless”.

On June 22, they issued a 13-point list of demands, including the shutdown of Al Jazeera, as a prerequisite to lift the sanctions.

Doha rejected the demands and the countries now consider the list “null and void”.