'We will always make ourselves available to facilitate this dialogue if requested by the parties involved,' Qatari ambassador to the U.S. Meshal bin Hamid Al Thani told Newsweek.
But here too Qatar was careful not to explicitly take sides by endorsing the Trump administration's strategy in full.
Pompeo argued that the U.S. had regional support, including a letter from the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council that includes Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Yemen. "[The] U.S. is so desperate to show support for its struggle to illegally extend arms restrictions on Iran that it clings to the personal position of GCC SG—obtained thru coercion—as regional consensus," Tehran's top diplomat tweeted."All knew that most in the region—even in GCC—do NOT subscribe to this."
With Qatar still cut off from its Arab neighbors, the U.S. has sought to link its support in settling the dispute with pushing Doha closer to the pro-West fold, favoring relations with Israel and distance from Iran. Doha did not publicly respond to theseat the U.S.-Qatar Strategic Forum held Monday in Washington, though it has welcomed Washington's backing in resolving the blockade.
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