• Latest
  • Trending
Trump Adviser Kushner and Team Heading to Qatar, Saudi Arabia

Trump Adviser Kushner and Team Heading to Qatar, Saudi Arabia

November 30, 2020
Wizkid Retains Number One Spot on UK Afrobeats Chart With ‘Ginger’

Wizkid Retains Number One Spot on UK Afrobeats Chart With ‘Ginger’

January 25, 2021
Covid: Dutch PM Mark Rutte Condemns Curfew Riots as ‘Criminal Violence’         

Covid: Dutch PM Mark Rutte Condemns Curfew Riots as ‘Criminal Violence’      

January 25, 2021
West African Presidents Express Concern Over Growing Terrorism, Piracy in Region 

West African Presidents Express Concern Over Growing Terrorism, Piracy in Region 

January 25, 2021
US Regulators Say Moderna Vaccine is Highly Effective, Paving Way for Approval

Moderna Vaccine Appears to Work against New Covid Variants

January 25, 2021
ICC, Human Rights Groups Aggravating Nigeria’s Security Challenges, Government Claims

In the Face Growing Insecurity, Nigerian Government Says ‘Security Situation Better than in 2015’

January 25, 2021

ARISE NEWSDAY

January 25, 2021
Kagame Calls for Inclusive Global Response in Tackling Pandemic

Kagame Calls for Inclusive Global Response in Tackling Pandemic

January 25, 2021
Eleven Dead After Heavy Fighting Near Somalia-Kenya Border

Eleven Dead After Heavy Fighting Near Somalia-Kenya Border

January 25, 2021
Promising to Defeat Al-Shabab, Kenya, UK Agree to Refresh Security Compact

Promising to Defeat Al-Shabab, Kenya, UK Agree to Refresh Security Compact

January 25, 2021
Nigerian Governors Back Akeredolu, Say He  Didn’t Ask Herdsmen to Vacate Ondo State

Nigerian Governors Back Akeredolu, Say He Didn’t Ask Herdsmen to Vacate Ondo State

January 25, 2021
Trey Songz Arrested After Fight with Police Officer

Trey Songz Arrested After Fight with Police Officer

January 25, 2021
French President Macron Promotes Recovery Plan to Business Leaders

French President Macron Promotes Recovery Plan to Business Leaders

January 25, 2021
Ex-Trump Spokeswoman Sarah Sanders Running for Arkansas Governor

Ex-Trump Spokeswoman Sarah Sanders Running for Arkansas Governor

January 25, 2021
Chinese Rescuers Hope to Drill Shaft to Free Trapped Gold Miners

Nine Workers Found Dead in China Gold Mine Rescue

January 25, 2021
Zimbabwe Doctors Protest Against ‘Medical Assassins’ Slur

Zimbabwe Doctors Protest Against ‘Medical Assassins’ Slur

January 25, 2021
Cuban Doctors Arrive in Mozambique to Battle Covid-19

Cuban Doctors Arrive in Mozambique to Battle Covid-19

January 25, 2021
Lampard Says there are Lessons to be Learned after Chelsea’s 3-3 Draw with West Brom

‘This Has Been a Difficult Decision’: Chelsea Sack Lampard as Head Coach

January 25, 2021

Global Business Report

January 25, 2021
US Passes 25m Covid Cases, Over a Quarter of World’s Infections

Morning Show

January 25, 2021

Nigeria: Governor Akeredolu’s Quit Notice to Fulani Herders Irresponsible, Says Former Health Insurance Boss

January 25, 2021
Chelsea Set to Replace Lampard with Tuchel

Chelsea Set to Replace Lampard with Tuchel

January 25, 2021
President Biden Signs Orders for US to Rejoin Climate Deal and WHO, End ‘Muslim Ban’

Biden to Re-instate Covid-19 Travel Restrictions

January 25, 2021
India, China Troops in New Clash Along Contested Border

India, China Troops in New Clash Along Contested Border

January 25, 2021
Handlers of President Buhari ‘Pursuing Fulani Worldwide Interest’, Former Nigerian Colonel Says

Handlers of President Buhari ‘Pursuing Fulani Worldwide Interest’, Former Nigerian Colonel Says

January 25, 2021
US Envoy ‘Turned Away’ from Bobi Wine’s Home

Ugandan Court Orders End to Opposition Leader Bobi Wine’s House Arrest

January 25, 2021
Mexican President López Obrador Tests Positive for Covid-19

Mexican President López Obrador Tests Positive for Covid-19

January 25, 2021
US House Lawmakers Set to Impeach Trump For Historic 2nd Time

US House to Deliver Trump Impeachment Charge to Senate Monday

January 25, 2021
Former Ghana President Rawlings Funeral Set For December 23

Activities for Former Ghanaian President Rawlings’ State Funeral Begin

January 25, 2021
Nigeria’s Southwest Governors Push for Development Commission   

Nigeria: Southwest Governors to Meet Miyetti Allah Leaders Monday Over Insecurity

January 25, 2021
Nigerian States Trigger Red Alert, Prepare to Ward off Renegade Herdsmen

Nigerian States Trigger Red Alert, Prepare to Ward off Renegade Herdsmen

January 25, 2021
en English
ar Arabiczh-CN Chinese (Simplified)nl Dutchen Englishfr Frenchde Germanit Italianpt Portugueseru Russianes Spanish
No Result
View All Result
Monday, January 25, 2021
Arise News
  • HOME
  • Breaking
  • Global
  • Regional
  • US ELECTION
  • BUSINESS
  • Politics
  • Entertainment
  • Sports
  • TECH
  • Health
  • VIDEOS
  • Covid-19 Updates
Arise News
  • HOME
  • Breaking
  • Global
  • Regional
  • US ELECTION
  • BUSINESS
  • Politics
  • Entertainment
  • Sports
  • TECH
  • Health
  • VIDEOS
  • Covid-19 Updates
No Result
View All Result
Arise News
No Result
View All Result
Home Global

Trump Adviser Kushner and Team Heading to Qatar, Saudi Arabia

November 30, 2020
Reading Time: 5min
0 0
0
Trump Adviser Kushner and Team Heading to Qatar, Saudi Arabia

Jared Kushner

Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

White House senior adviser Jared Kushner and his team will travel to Saudi Arabia and Qatar this week for talks aimed at resolving the dispute between the neighbouring Gulf countries, according to media reports in the United States.

A senior official in the administration of President Donald Trump told Reuters news agency on Sunday that Kushner is to meet Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) in the Saudi city of Neom, and the emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in that country in the coming days.

Kushner is eager to persuade the Saudi and Qatari leaders to reconcile and reach an agreement on a number of issues, Axios reported, citing US officials.

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and Egypt cut diplomatic ties and imposed a land, sea and air blockade on Qatar in 2017, accusing Doha of “supporting terrorism” and issuing a list of 13 demands.

Qatar rejected the allegations and the demands and accused the blockading countries of attacking its sovereignty.

US National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien earlier this month stated that resolving the Gulf crisis was a priority for the administration and that there was a possibility it could happen before Trump leaves office in January.

“A resolution to the blockade appears to be in sight,” Sigurd Neubauer, author of ‘The Gulf Region and Israel’ and an expert on Middle East politics, told Al Jazeera. “We don’t know if it will be before Trump leaves office or when Biden comes in. But it’s really not if, but when.”

A senior Saudi official last month signalled that there had been some progress in attempts to resolve the more than three-year dispute, saying that Riyadh was “committed to finding a solution”.

“We continue to be willing to engage with our Qatari brothers, and we hope that they are as committed to that engagement,” said Prince Faisal bin Farhan.

“But we do need to address the legitimate security concerns of the quartet and I think there is a path toward that” with a solution “in the relatively near future,” he said.

Earlier this month, Qatar’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said there were no winners in the Gulf crisis and that Doha was hopeful it will end “at any moment”.

White House senior adviser Jared Kushner (left) meets Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (right) during his visit to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia [File: Saudi Press Agency via Reuters]

The United States’ Middle East envoys Avi Berkowitz and Brian Hook will join Kushner, as well as Adam Boehler, chief executive of the US International Development Finance Corporation, Reuters and Axios reported.

Kushner and his team have helped negotiate normalisation deals between Israel and Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Sudan since August. Officials said they would like to advance more such agreements before US President-elect Joe Biden takes office on January 20, US media reported.

US officials believe enticing Saudi Arabia into a deal with Israel would prompt other Arab nations to follow suit. But the Saudis do not appear to be on the brink of reaching such a landmark deal and officials in recent weeks have been focusing on other countries, with concern about Iran’s regional influence a uniting factor.

Kushner’s trip comes after the killing on Friday of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh in Tehran by unidentified assailants. Western and Israeli governments believe Fakhrizadeh was the architect of a secret Iranian nuclear weapons programme.

Days before the killing, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu travelled to Saudi Arabia and met MBS, an Israeli official said, in what was the first publicly confirmed visit by an Israeli leader. Israeli media said they were joined by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

The historic meeting underlined how opposition to Tehran is bringing about a strategic realignment of countries in the Middle East.

MBS and Netanyahu fear Biden will adopt policies on Iran similar to those adopted during Barack Obama’s US presidency, which strained Washington’s ties with its traditional allies in the Middle East.

Biden has said he will rejoin the international nuclear pact with Iran that Trump quit in 2018 – and work with allies to strengthen its terms – if Tehran first resumes strict compliance.

The official said Kushner met at the White House last week with the Kuwaiti foreign minister, Sheikh Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah. Kuwait is seen as critical in any effort to resolve a three-year rift between Qatar and the blockading countries.

Tags: Jared KushnerQatarSaudi ArabiaTrump Adviser
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Privacy & Policy
  • Contact

© 2020 Arise News - Part of the Arise Media Group.

No Result
View All Result
  • HOME
  • Breaking
  • Global
  • Regional
  • US ELECTION
  • BUSINESS
  • Politics
  • Entertainment
  • Sports
  • TECH
  • Health
  • VIDEOS
  • Covid-19 Updates

© 2020 Arise News - Part of the Arise Media Group.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Create New Account!

Fill the forms bellow to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In

Add New Playlist