Qatar emir at UN urges for dialogue
Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani on Tuesday renewed a call for "unconditional dialogue" to end a crisis pitting Qatar against four Arab states while US President Donald Trump said he expected the dispute to be resolved quickly.
Speaking from the podium of the 193-member United Nations General Assembly, Sheikh Tamim renewed the call "for an unconditional dialogue based on mutual respect for sovereignty".
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain cut diplomatic and trade links with Qatar on June 5, suspending air and shipping routes with the world's biggest exporter of liquefied natural gas, which is home to the region's biggest US military base.
The nations say Doha supports regional foe Iran and Islamists, charges Qatar's leaders deny.
US President Donald Trump and Sheikh Tamim later held a meeting.
Trump, who has said he would be willing to mediate the worst dispute in decades among the US-allied Arab states and Qatar, said he had a "very strong feeling" the dispute would be solved "pretty quickly".
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