Qatar: 'Small progress' in resolving Gulf dispute

Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani in Doha, Qatar on 8 December 2019 [Qatar Emirate Council/Anadolu Agency]

Qatar’s foreign minister said that there has been small progress to resolve the dispute between the Gulf state and its neighbours, Reuters reports.

Asked whether there was progress at the Gulf Cooperation Council summit held last week, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani told Reuters that there has been “small progress, just a little progress”.

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt cut diplomatic and trade links with Qatar in June 2017, accusing it of backing terrorism. Qatar denies the charge and accuses its neighbours of seeking to curtail its sovereignty.

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