Trump’s Bid to End Saudi-Qatar Stalemate Ends in Recriminations
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Trump’s Bid to End Saudi-Qatar Stalemate Ends in Recriminations
But at the White House on Thursday, Mr. Trump appeared to take a new jab at Qatar when he complained of the "massive funding of terrorism by certain countries." He added, "If they don’t stop the funding of terrorism, I
don’t want them to come together." Mr. Trump was standing alongside the emir of Kuwait, Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, who has led Arab efforts to solve the crisis and quickly reached for a more conciliatory note.
Within hours of the call, Qatar’s state news agency issued a statement
that said the emir "welcomed a proposal" by the young Saudi prince to appoint two peace envoys to help bridge their differences.
9, 2017
CAIRO — An attempt by President Trump to break the stalemate
that has divided the wealthiest countries in the Middle East ended in failure on Saturday, when leaders from Qatar and Saudi Arabia, after speaking by phone for the first time in months, exchanged dueling, contradictory statements.
But Friday’s phone call between the emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani,
and the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, seemed to underscore only how hard it might be to settle the angry, often petty, dispute.
that Given the hypersensitivity of both sides to appearing weak,
White House said that I think you’d have a deal worked out very quickly,
But at the White House on Thursday, Mr. Trump appeared to take a new jab at Qatar when he complained of the "massive funding of terrorism by certain countries." He added, "If they don’t stop the funding of terrorism, I
don’t want them to come together." Mr. Trump was standing alongside the emir of Kuwait, Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, who has led Arab efforts to solve the crisis and quickly reached for a more conciliatory note.
Within hours of the call, Qatar’s state news agency issued a statement
that said the emir "welcomed a proposal" by the young Saudi prince to appoint two peace envoys to help bridge their differences.
9, 2017
CAIRO — An attempt by President Trump to break the stalemate
that has divided the wealthiest countries in the Middle East ended in failure on Saturday, when leaders from Qatar and Saudi Arabia, after speaking by phone for the first time in months, exchanged dueling, contradictory statements.
But Friday’s phone call between the emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani,
and the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, seemed to underscore only how hard it might be to settle the angry, often petty, dispute.
that Given the hypersensitivity of both sides to appearing weak,
White House said that I think you’d have a deal worked out very quickly,