Kuwait says progress made in resolving Saudi-led boycott of Qatar

The foreign minister of Kuwait said on Friday that progress had been made in resolving a row that has seen Saudi Arabia and its allies boycott Qatar since mid-2017.

"Fruitful discussion have taken place recently in which all sides expressed their keenness ... to reach a final agreement," Sheikh Ahmad Nasser al-Sabah said in a statement read out on Kuwait TV, thanking White House senior adviser Jared Kushner for his "recent efforts".

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