(VOVWORLD) -US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Sunday that Saudi Arabia is not yet ready to begin direct talks with Qatar to end a nearly five-month diplomatic and trade freeze.
A street in Doha, Qatar on September 24, 2017. (Photo: AFP/ VNA)
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After a meeting in Riyadh with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Tillerson said there is no indication that the parties are ready to talk yet. Tillerson has been trying to resolve the diplomatic crisis between Qatar and four of its neighbors—Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates—after last July’s negotiation effort failed.