The Emir of Kuwait met yesterday with Secretary of State Tillerson, who arrived in Kuwait at the beginning of a GCC tour.

Kuwaiti News Agency (KUNA) reported that Tillerson's visit is part of the efforts being made to resolve the crisis triggered by the cutoff of links with Qatar by Saudi Arabia and Arab allies.
The US has stressed its support to Kuwaiti mediation efforts in that regard.
The State Department said Tillerson would hold talks with leaders in Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
He was flying from Istanbul where he attended an international petroleum conference.
R C Hammond, a senior adviser to Tillerson, said he would explore ways to end a stalemate following Qatar's rejection of 13 demands issued as condition for ending sanctions.
"The trips to Saudi Arabia and Qatar are about the art of the possible," said Hammond, who added that the 13 demands "are done" and "are not worth revisiting as a package. Individually there are things in there that could work".

The demands included the closing of Al Jazeera, the Qatar-based pan-Arab television network, and a Turkish military base in Qatar.
Saudi Arabia and its backers, which accuse Al Jazeera of being a platform for extremists, have threatened further sanctions against Qatar.
Al Jazeera denies the allegations.
Riyadh and its allies accuse Qatar of financing extremist groups and allying with Iran. Qatar strongly denies that it supports militant organisations, and many experts see the blockade as an attempt by Saudi Arabia to rein in Qatar’s increasingly independent foreign policy.

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