Tillerson will hop between Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia from Monday until Thursday, the State Department said, meeting Arab leaders to test new ways of resolving the impasse that has persisted despite Kuwaiti efforts to mediate a resolution. US officials said Monday that Tillerson did not expect to produce a breakthrough, which they warned could be more than a month away. “We’ve had one round of exchanges and dialogue and didn’t advance the ball,” said senior Tillerson adviser R.C. At the G-20 summit, Europeans voiced particular concern to President Donald Trump and Tillerson about the impact the Gulf crisis could have on that front, according to Hammond. Tillerson himself had made clear his reluctance to get deeply involved, although he met in Washington with senior officials from the feuding countries.

Source: Egypt Independent July 10, 2017 13:52 UTC