Gulf Arabs Take Fitful Steps to End Qatar Rift as Iran Looms
- Qatar hints at possible talks with U.A.E.; Saudi impasse eases
- Still no date in view for reconciliation with Riyadh: Minister
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Qatar isn’t currently in talks with the United Arab Emirates over mending a 30-month regional diplomatic and economic rift, Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said in a Bloomberg TV interview.
Qatar has held discussions with Saudi Arabia, however, and the easing of its earlier impasse with the kingdom has enabled the two neighbors to develop a line of communication, Al Thani said on Saturday in the Qatari capital. He held out the possibility of similar talks in the future with the U.A.E.