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DOHA, Dec 7 — Qatar’s foreign minister said on Friday there has been “some progress” in talks with Saudi Arabia on ending a bitter two-year-old rift between Doha and the kingdom and its allies.   A Saudi-led bloc also including the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt cut all...

File photo of Qatar's foreign minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani speaking to reporters in Doha, Qatar June 8, 2017. — Reuters pic

A Saudi-led bloc also including the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt cut all diplomatic and transport ties with Qatar in June 2017 over allegations it backs radical Islamists and seeks closer ties with Saudi arch rival Iran.

Some Saudi observers have downplayed the king’s invitation, saying he was only following protocol and had invited the Qatari leader to last year’s summit too.

 

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