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| Gulf ministers meet over Qatar dispute |
| 2014-04-18 |
| [Beirut Daily Star] Gulf foreign ministers met Thursday at an extraordinary meeting in Riyadh in a bid to defuse tensions between Qatar and three other members of the Gulf Cooperation Council, an official said. Heavyweight Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... , as well as the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain recalled their ambassadors from Qatar last month, accusing it of meddling in their internal affairs and supporting the Moslem Brüderbund. The Gulf official said that the impromptu meeting aimed to settle differences, but pointed out that there was no clear idea as yet about how the foreign ministers will go about doing it. The GCC also includes Kuwait and Oman, and the move against Qatar was an unprecedented measure among the six-nation group. Al-Hayat daily cited Thursday Oman's Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi as saying that the crisis has been "ended" and that the dispute including belongs to "the past." |
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