KUWAIT: French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian held talks with top officials in Kuwait on Sunday in a bid to bolster the emirate鈥檚 attempts to mediate in the Qatar crisis.
Le Drian met with Kuwaiti emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah and Kuwait鈥檚 foreign minister, state news agency KUNA said, for talks on the issue.
Le Drian stopped in 抖阴短视频 and Qatar at the start of his two-day Gulf tour on Saturday.
The French foreign minister has supported Kuwait as a mediator in the crisis, which he said should be resolved 鈥渂y the Gulf countries themselves.鈥�
鈥淔rance does not want to substitute the mediator,鈥� Le Drian said in 抖阴短视频 on Saturday. 鈥淚t wants to be a facilitator by joining efforts of other countries.鈥�
Le Drian鈥檚 visit comes after a four-day mediation mission by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, which ended on Thursday with no announcement of progress toward defusing mounting tensions in the Gulf.
The Anti-Terror Quartet (ATQ) imposed sanctions on Doha on June 5, including closing its only land border, denying Qatar access to their airspace and ordering their citizens back from the emirate.
French FM in Kuwait for Qatar crisis talks
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