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On Friday, Turkey praised the progress made in resolving the crisis in the Gulf between Saudi Arabia and its allies, on the one hand, and Qatar, an ally of Ankara, on the other.
In a statement, the Turkish Foreign Ministry expressed “its deep satisfaction at the positive developments witnessed in recent days to resolve the crisis that has continued since June 2017 in the Gulf region.”
The ministry expressed its appreciation for the “sincere efforts” made by Kuwait in this context, and called for “an end to the unjust blockade and the sanctions imposed on Qatar.”
Turkey’s Foreign Ministry expected that “the Gulf crisis will be resolved through dialogue, without preconditions.”
On Friday, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, as well as the Sultanate of Oman and Kuwait, confirmed progress in resolving the crisis in the Gulf represented by the boycott of Doha by several countries in the region.
In June 2017, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain announced the severing of relations with Qatar, accusing it of reaching out to Iran and supporting extremist Islamic groups, which Doha denies.
At the time, the four countries submitted a list of 13 demands as a condition for reestablishing their relations with Doha, which included closing the Turkish military base on Qatari soil, reducing relations with Iran and closing Al Jazeera.
On Friday, Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani said there is a movement to resolve the dispute in the Gulf region.
Al-Thani made it clear that it was not possible to predict an imminent breakthrough or whether this move would solve everything.
In a video speech at the Mediterranean Dialogue Forum hosted by Italy, the Qatari foreign minister added that Doha is optimistic about this move and hopes things will go in the right direction.
The United States and Kuwait are working to end the dispute that led Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt to impose a diplomatic and trade boycott with Qatar in addition to a travel ban since 2017.
The operation is being carried out with the support of the administration of US President Donald Trump, and the initial agreement does not include the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt, according to sources who spoke with the US agency “Bloomberg”.
And recently, Jared Kushner, an adviser to US President Donald Trump, visited Saudi Arabia and Qatar, and the Wall Street Journal said the goal was to resolve the dispute between the two countries.
