Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies have drawn up a list of demands to be presented to Qatar, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said today, amid a regional diplomatic crisis.
“We hope the list of demands will soon be presented to Qatar and will be reasonable and actionable,” Tillerson said, two weeks after Riyadh imposed an embargo on its neighbor.
On Wednesday, Tillerson’s spokeswoman had declared Washington “mystified” that Saudi Arabia had yet to produce a clear list of demands after accusing Qatar of sponsoring terrorism.
Washington’s top diplomat has been working his telephone intensively in recent days trying to defuse a stand-off that has put key US allies at loggerheads with one another.
President Donald Trump has signalled sympathy for Riyadh’s position, alleging that gas-rich Qatar has in the past provided “high level” support for extremists.