Qatar 🇶🇦 to get 7️ navy vessels from Italy🇮🇹

Italy 🇮🇹 signed 5bn euro ($5.9bn) 💰 agreement with Qatar's 🇶🇦 naval forces 🚢 that includes the sale of 7️ naval units to bolster the Qatari 🇶🇦 navy, according to a joint announcement 🔊 by the foreign ministers of both countries.

Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Qatar's 🇶🇦 foreign minister, announced the signing ✏️ of two other bilateral agreements that will increase 📈 political consultations and joint economic investments between the two countries.

Commenting on the news 📰 that Rex Tillerson, US 🇺🇸 secretary of state, was sending two envoys to the region in order to end the crisis in the Arab Gulf region, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman said, Qatar 🇶🇦 welcomes the US 🇺🇸 efforts, calling it an "important" step towards resolving the impasse in the region.

Speaking on Al Jazeera TV, Mahjoob Zweiri, Qatar 🇶🇦 University political scientist, said, the US 🇺🇸 move shows that the US realises that it needs to reinvigorate its diplomatic efforts to make diplomacy its focal point 🔍 in order to see an end to the crises.

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