Dubai: Qatar is ready to sit at the negotiating table to try to end a dispute with its Gulf Arab neighbours, emir Shaikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani said on Friday in Berlin during a news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt and Bahrain cut diplomatic and trade links with Qatar on June 5, accusing it of financing terrorism and cozying up to their arch-rival Iran.
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Merkel said she was concerned that there was still no solution to the crisis, adding she supported efforts by Kuwait and the United States to mediate an end to the dispute.
“We won’t solve this conflict in the open with everyone in the world voicing their opinion” she said, calling for talks “that are not reported in the newspaper everyday”.
Following the meetings with Merkel, the emir was to fly to Paris for talks with French President Emmanuel Macron.
On the first stop, the emir met Thursday night in Ankara with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Turkey has sent troops to Doha to support the Qatari regime.
The Arab Quartet wants Qatar to expell Turkish troops, limit diplomatic ties to Iran, sever ties with the Muslim Brotherhood and Hezbollah and shut down Al Jazeera.
