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2 Thursday, June 8, 2017 Saudi FM says ‘brother state’ Qatar must act to Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir (L) and German end crisis Vice Chancellor and Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel Berlin brother when they are doing audi Arabia’s top the right thing and when Kuwait emir diplomat said yesterday they are doing the wrong visits Qatar thatS Qatar is a “brother thing.” state” and that punitive steps Jubeir said that “for after UAE, against the emirate were a many years Qatar has taken well-intentioned effort to steps to support certain Saudi talks stop its support for Islamic organisations”. extremism. “This has been Speaking in Berlin, Saudi condemned in the past, Foreign Minister Adel but unfortunately we have Al-Jubeir also said efforts not received appropriate would be made to resolve cooperation on this and the conflict within the Gulf that’s why these measures Cooperation Council. have now been taken.” “We see Qatar as a brother He added that “we have state, as a partner,” he told taken these steps in the a joint press conference interest of Qatar... and in Kuwait Emir Sheikh Sabah with German counterpart the interest of security and al-Ahmad Al-Sabah Sigmar Gabriel, according stability in the region”. Dubai to the German simultaneous “And we hope that our uwait’s Emir Sheikh translation. brother Qatar will now take Sabah al-Ahmad “But you have to be able the right steps in order to Al-SabahK arrived in Qatar to tell your friend or your end this crisis.” (AFP) yesterday after talks with Saudi and Emirati leaders aimed at resolving a Gulf Turkey lawmakers back diplomatic crisis. The official KUNA news sending troops to Qatar agency said the emir was Ankara received in Doha by Emir urkey’s parliament yesterday approved deploying Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad troops to a Turkish base in Qatar amid a widening Al-Thani. crisisT between Doha and its rivals in the Gulf. Earlier in the day Sheikh The agreement does not contain any specific number of Sabah held talks with Emirati troops to be stationed in the base, or when. leaders, after meeting on Turkish ambassador to Qatar Ahmet Demirok said last Tuesday with Saudi King year the base would eventually be home to up to 3,000 Salman in Jeddah over the troops or possibly more “depending on the needs”. crisis facing the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council. Philippines halts workers’ deployment Manila could affect the more than for a fact that Qatar does he Philippines halted the 200,000 Filipinos in Qatar not produce its own food. If deployment of workers should the crisis worsen. anything happens that they toT Qatar. “We are forseeing run out of food and food Labour chief Silvestre a possible problem in riots will take place, definitely Bello said Manila was taking Qatar,” Bello said at a news our OFWs (Overseas Filipino precautions as it fears that conference. Workers)... will be the first problems like food shortages “For example, we know victims,” he said..