Yahoo – AFP,
June 6, 2017
Paris (AFP) - French President Emmanuel Macron called for unity among Gulf states on Tuesday, saying he was ready to back "all initiatives to encourage calm".
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| French President Emmanuel Macron spoke by phone with Qatari leader Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani and restated the "importance of preserving stability in the region" (AFP Photo/GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT) |
Paris (AFP) - French President Emmanuel Macron called for unity among Gulf states on Tuesday, saying he was ready to back "all initiatives to encourage calm".
Macron
spoke by phone with Qatari leader Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani and restated
the "importance of preserving stability in the region". He also
reaffirmed France's readiness to stay in contact with all parties involved, the
president's office said in a statement.
Bahrain,
Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates severed diplomatic ties and
transport links with Qatar on Monday, accusing it of supporting extremism.
US
President Donald Trump threw his weight behind the effort spearheaded by
Riyadh, despite Qatar's role in hosting US military operations in the fight
against Islamic State (IS) extremism.
The Gulf
states "said they would take a hard line on funding... extremism, and all
reference was pointing to Qatar. Perhaps this will be the beginning of the end
to the horror of terrorism!" Trump said on Twitter.
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About 90 percent of Qatar's population of 2.4 million people are foreigners pic.twitter.com/KRzxwhclDo— AFP news agency (@AFP) June 6, 2017
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