Iraqi premier on anti-terror outreach to Saudi Arabia, Iran

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But she added, after chairing talks between European Union foreign ministers in Luxembourg, that the problem must be resolved within the region and not by outside powers.

Thousands of Qataris have been unable to board flights to the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, and cut off from relatives in those countries.

Those ties, however, had begun to improve under Salman after he aligned Saudi Arabia closer with Turkey and other Sunni Muslim countries in a bid to counter Shiite-ruled Iran.

Qatar's Gulf critics have accused Al Jazeera of being a platform for extremists and an agent of interference in their affairs.

Ongoing tension in the region escalated to crisis June 5 when a coalition of Arab states in the Gulf Cooperation Council announced a coordinated diplomatic break with Qatar, a small nation with big clout thanks to its wealth of oil and natural gas.

He had been due to visit Riyadh last week, but postponed the trip to avoid appearing to take sides in the Saudi-Qatar row. Moreover, Qatar hosts the regional headquarters of the U.S. Central Command, which includes an air base the Pentagon depends on to target Islamic State.

"Saudi Arabia is sponsoring terrorist groups in Iran", he said on Thursday. Qatar has always been seen as an individually focused state assuming its own policy course and going against the common policies of the other GCC states.

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"So good to see the Saudi Arabia visit with the King and 50 countries already paying off", Trump tweeted.

However, the recent Gulf crisis spurred Turkey's government to approve sending troops to Qatar forthwith.

Iran's official IRNA news agency later quoted Aghababaie as saying one of the boats was missing.

Turkey, one of Qatar's strongest allies, has offered diplomatic support and flown in fresh dairy produce to get around the blockade. "It also strenuously denies that Minister Carmelo Abela has made the remarks reported b y fox-news24.com, or any remarks whatsoever on the situation concerning Saudi Arabia and Qatar". With the only Qatari land border with Saudi Arab shut down, food imports have been affected and food prices in the state are expected to skyrocket.

The punitive measures against Qatar have drawn condemnation from rights groups, including Amnesty International.

"They are still in the base but likely to leave within the next two days".

The Office of the former president in a statement said the Ambassador of Egypt and Charge d'Affaires of the Kingdom of Saudi met with Hamid Karzai to discuss the issue surrounding the sanctions imposed on Qatar.

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