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foundations”. HE the Foreign Minister also met with
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and French
President Emmanuel Macron.
The tour of key foreign allies culminated in former US
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson welcoming HE the
Foreign Minister to the State Department. Whilst in
Washington, HE the Foreign Minister also met with a
group of journalists from The Washington Post to express
Qatar’s “eagerness for conciliation and dialogue”, and
highlight that Qatar’s neighbours are imposing an “illegal
blockade” against it.
HE the Foreign Minister further stated that his country
was caught in a “baseless conflict” which was posing a
“high risk for world order, not just for Qatar”.