(MENAFN- Gulf Times) Qatar is ready to sit at the negotiating table to try to end a dispute with its Gulf Arab neighbours, His Highness the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani said on Friday in Berlin.
"As you know we have had a siege of more than 100 days against Qatar," His Highness the Emir told a joint news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin. "We spoke about Qatar's readiness to sit at the table to solve this issue."
Merkel said she was concerned that there was still no solution to the crisis, adding she supported efforts by Kuwait and the United States to mediate an end to the dispute.
His Highness the Emir and German Chancellor Dr Angela Merkel had earlier held a meeting where they discussed regional and international developments, especially the Gulf crisis and efforts being made to resolve it through dialogue and diplomatic means as well as through the mediation of the State of Kuwait.
The meeting, which was held at the Federal Chancellery, discussed the situation in the Middle East, especially in Syria, Yemen and Libya, in addition to the joint efforts of the two countries in fighting terrorism and extremism within the framework of regional and international efforts to combat all its forms and its sources of funding.
The meeting also reviewed the strategic relations between the two friendly countries and the prospects of enhancing them in various fields to achieve the aspirations of the two countries. In this regard, the two sides discussed aspects of cooperation between the countries and ways of developing them in the fields of economy, investment, energy, industry etc.
The meeting was attended by the members of the official delegation accompanying His Highness the Emir, German ministers and senior officials.
Last updated: September 15 2017 04:56 PM
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