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Erdoğan receives Qatar’s FM al-Thani in Ankara

The meeting between President Erdoğan and Foreign Minister al-Thani addressed the ongoing Gulf crisis

Ersin Çelik
17:01 - 12/09/2017 Tuesday
Update: 18:02 - 12/09/2017 Tuesday
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President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Bin Jassim Al-Thani, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Bin Jassim Al-Thani, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received Qatar’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdurrahman al-Thani at the Presidential Complex in Ankara on Tuesday.

The meeting addressed the ongoing crisis in the Gulf region. Qatar, embargoed by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and Egypt since Apr. 7, is engaging in high diplomacy traffic to resolve the crisis. These countries have accused Qatar of supporting terrorism, charges which Doha has denied. Turkey has supported Qatar on the issue since the crisis began.

Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu shared his Qatari counterpart al-Thani’s visit to Ankara on his official Twitter account.

Pleased to host in #Ankara once again distinguished brother Foreign Minister Al-Thani of #Qatar. pic.twitter.com/VEHM5yOvRa

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