Not surprisingly, Saudi Arabia's foreign minister insisted on Tuesday, Qatar must end its support for the Palestinian group Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood before ties with other Arab Gulf states could be restored.
Lazare compared the Saudi accusations against Qatar for funding Islamist terror groups to a falling out among thieves. The State Department had said the US learned only at the last minute about the Arab nations' plan to cut ties. During a trip to New Zealand this week, Tillerson was asked how his past as an oilman might help resolve the crisis.
Turkey's president also called on Saudi Arabia to remove all sanctions on Qatar and open diplomatic talks.
As a result, tourism, trade and hospitality sectors are likely to suffer, Fitch said, with visitors from the Gulf making up nearly half of all those travelling to the country.
In a day of mixed messages and chaotic diplomacy, Tillerson emphasized the economic, humanitarian and military damage he said the blockade was inflicting.
Tillerson said the blockade had led to food shortages in tiny Qatar and forced families to uproot themselves and pull their children from school.
"We believe these are unintended consequences, especially during this Holy Month of Ramadan, but they can be addressed immediately", he said.
A diplomatic crisis continues to develop in the Persian Gulf, where four Sunni states are attempting to isolate the small, oil-rich nation of Qatar from the rest of the region. But at the Pentagon, a spokesman, Navy Capt. Jeff Davis, said only long-term military planning was affected.
The New York-based organisation has released two detailed reports on the extent to which Qatar is harbouring extremists and terrorists.
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Still, the Pentagon has been developing contingency plans in case there's any interruption, defense officials said.
Kuwait's emir offered to mediate but when Tamim attended an iftar (fast-breaking) Ramadan meal with him on May 30, Tamim left early, apparently unwilling to discuss the row, a Kuwaiti newspaper editor regularly briefed by officials told Reuters.
Trump has accused the small-sized yet a big gas-rich nation of Qatar, on the charges that the country is supporting the ISIS when the United States has a separate base inside the country with 10,000 strong troops. The Qatari Embassy in Washington did not respond to a request for comment.
Qatar is a member of the six-state Gulf Cooperation Council.
The spat has led to one of the worst Gulf crises in decades, with suspended flights and regional ports closed to Qatari ships.
Late on Thursday, a joint statement by Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt and the U.A.E. accused 59 individuals and 12 charity organizations in Qatar of being "linked to terror", local media reported. The kingdom called the allegations "baseless".
Berlin's main concern was to "de-escalate the conflict" and rebuild Gulf regional cooperation, saying that "we need this cooperation in the anti-Islamic State coalition".
"It is clear to me based on these conversations that the elements of a solution are available", he said.
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