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Saudi Arabia and Egypt have jointly announced that the ongoing blockade against Qatar would remain in effect until further notice.
This statement came during a meeting between visiting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi at the Ittihadiya Presidential Palace in Cairo on Tuesday (November 27, 2018).
According to the Press TV, Saudi-owned and Dubai-based al-Arabiya television news network reported that both countries reiterated their refusal to “make any concessions” towards Qatar. Moreover, they will continue to confront Iranian “interference” in the region.
In June 2017, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt cut off diplomatic ties with Qatar accusing it of “sponsoring terrorism.”
Salman arrived in Egypt on Monday (November 26), as part of his first foreign tour since the murder of the killing of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul on October, 2.
According to the Middle East Monitor, nearly 100 Egyptian journalists were reported to have rejected Salman’s visit, holding him responsible for Khashoggi’s murder. Also, a wide number of activists in Tunisia and other Arab countries included in Salman’s tour have also expressed their opposition to receiving the Saudi Prince.
The European Union (EU) affirmed its support for the ongoing mediation efforts led by the Amir of Kuwait H H Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah to solve the Gulf crisis. According to the QNA report, this came in a statement issued by the European Union External Action Service (EEAS) after the end of the meeting of the strategic dialogue between the EU and Kuwait, held in Brussels on Tuesday. The meeting witnessed political consultations on several issues.
Amir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and President of the Republic of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, discussed the development of the strong strategic relations between the two brotherly countries, and means of promoting them in wider fields, reported QNA. During the bilateral meeting which was held prior to the fourth meeting of Qatar-Turkey Supreme Strategic Committee at Vahdettin Pavilion in Istanbul yesterday, H H the Amir and the Turkish President reviewed areas of joint cooperation, mainly in the fields of politics, trade, economy, investment and culture.
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