U.S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson and the Minister of foreign Affairs of Qatar, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, signed the agreement for the suppression of the financing of terrorism. It is reported by Al Jazeera.
The agreement was reached during the visit of the President of the American foreign Ministry in Doha. “The US has one goal — to eradicate terrorism from the face of the Earth,” said Tillerson. According to him, the two countries can do more to track the sources of terrorist financing and information exchange to ensure everyone’s safety.
“Today Qatar is the first country to sign a Memorandum of cooperation with the United States [in this area], and we encourage States boycotting Qatar, to join us as signatories of this document on cooperation”, — said the foreign Minister of Qatar.
According to the channel, Tillerson came to Doha to find ways of resolving the diplomatic crisis between Qatar and other Gulf countries. On 12 July the Secretary of state must negotiate with colleagues from Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain and Egypt.
5 June Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and the UAE announced the severance of diplomatic relations with Qatar, accusing Doha of destabilizing the political situation in the Arab States and supporting terrorism. The boycott was later joined by Yemen, Libya, Maldives, Mauritius, Mauritania, Union of Comoros. At the same time against Doha imposed sanctions, including a ban on the supply of food in the country. The government of Qatar, all deny the charges and call the isolation an infringement of States to sovereignty.