On Monday, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen and the Maldives cut diplomatic ties Monday with Qatar, accusing it of supporting terrorism.
The brief statement gave no other details of their talks over what the Chinese foreign ministry described as "the present situation in the Gulf region".
Royal Dutch Shell sent an LNG cargo from the United States to Dubai, shipping data shows, after the United Arab Emirates banned Qatari ships from entering UAE ports.
The announcement came after Trump met with Tillerson and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis at the White House discuss the crisis.
"As Qatar is a neighbour, it should commit to the rules of security and the stability of the Gulf".
On Tuesday, Saudi Arabia conveyed to mediators from Kuwait a list of demands to deliver to Qatar.
Qatar is on a peninsula, sharing one land border with Saudi Arabia - which is now closed - and otherwise surrounded by the Gulf. Qatar has rejected the charge as "unjustified" and "baseless".
White House spokesman Sean Spicer told a regular press briefing on Tuesday that the U.S. wants to see the diplomatic row between Qatar and the other Gulf nations "deescalated and resolved immediately". After first appearing to back the Saudi-led measures against Qatar on Twitter, he shifted gears and called for unity among Gulf Arab states. But other officials in his administration sought to downplay that message and emphasize the need for regional cooperation.
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The outlines of any USA -led mediation are unclear so far, and Nauert said she didn't have details to announce. It's also the world's largest exporter of liquid national gas.
He said there are multiple issues at play.
"This is the strongest accusation to date of Qatar being connected with terrorism". Gause notes that compared to its neighbors, Qatar "is less stringent about regulating the movement of private monies".
In the Middle East, Indonesian migrant workers were mostly employed in the countries that are now engaged in a diplomatic spat against Qatar, namely Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. "I consider them a host to our very important base at al-Udeid", he said.
Russian Federation rejected reports it hacked into the Qatari state news agency and planted fake stories to exacerbate a rift between Middle Eastern states.
"We are not ready to surrender, and will never be ready to surrender, the independence of our foreign policy", Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani told reporters in Doha.
S&P Global Ratings also noted that the group of states which have cut off ties "provides 15 percent of Qatar's imports, potentially causing substantial shortages of key materials, including those used for construction projects, and food".
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