Qatar crisis will be solved ‘fairly easily’: Trump

TIL Desk/World/Washington/ United States President Donald Trump has offered to mediate the crisis between Qatar and its Arab neighbours, saying their dispute could be solved ‘fairly easily’. Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt have accused Qatar of having ties with fundamentalist Islamist groups. In June, they announced they had cut diplomatic and economic ties with Qatar.

Qatar denies the accusations while Kuwait has emerged as a key mediator in the crisis. “I think there is a chance that there could be peace. But again, I say that a little bit reluctantly. We’re going to give it our best,” Trump told reporters at a joint White House news conference with Kuwait’s Emir Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on Thursday.

He said the dispute is something that’s going to get solved ‘fairly easily’. “We have tremendous talent working on that particular transaction. As you know, David Friedman, the ambassador, is very much involved. We have a great group of people. We’ll see what happens,” he said in response to a question.