Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu is to travel to Kuwait this evening after completing a visit to Qatar, foreign ministry sources said, in his quest to broker an end to a dispute between the Gulf state and other Arab countries.
Turkey has backed Qatar in the crisis and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s spokesman said yesterday the rift was damaging the Islamic world and Ankara would do all it could by diplomatic channels to prevent any escalation.
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No details were immediately available on Cavusoglu’s visit to Qatar or the rest of his itinerary.
Last week, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain severed ties with Qatar accusing the Gulf state of supporting terrorism. Doha denies the allegations. A number of Arab and African states have joined the boycott of Qatar.