Kuwaiti 🇰🇼 emir meet Trump on Gulf crisis

The emir of Kuwait 🇰🇼 will hold talks with US President Donald Trump in Washington, DC next week, according to the Kuwaiti state media, as a three-month-old diplomatic crisis splits the Gulf.

KUNA news agency said on Thursday that Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah would depart for the United States 🇺🇸 on Friday and the Trump meeting was scheduled for September 7.

The trio and Egypt cut diplomatic and economic ties 🚫 with Qatar on June 5, imposing an air, land and marine blockade on the country, accusing it of ties to Iran and "extremist groups" as well as interference in their internal affairs.

Trump immediately expressed his support for Saudi Arabia, but some other US officials, including Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, later adopted a more measured tone.

Qatar is meanwhile home to a huge US air base, where the headquarters of Centcom - the regional command which leads operations against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group - is based.

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