Tillerson Headed to Qatar as Efforts to Resolve Rift Intensify
- Alliance vows to keep anti-Qatar measures until demands met
- U.S. secretary of state adds one more Qatar stop to travels
U.S's Tillerson, Qatar's Al Thani News Conference
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was set to visit Doha on Thursday for the second time this week as he seeks to broker a solution to the worst political crisis among Gulf Arab monarchies.
The top U.S. diplomat is expected to hold talks with Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. He spent much of Wednesday in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, speeding back and forth between the royal court for visits with the king and the crown prince and an airport terminal reserved for visiting dignitaries. While there, he met with the key players opposed to Qatar: the foreign ministers of Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates, plus a Kuwaiti mediator. He’s expected to return to Washington later on Thursday.