Qatar PM to attend emergency Gulf summit in Saudi Arabia - Al Jazeera

Qatar PM to attend emergency Gulf summit in Saudi Arabia - Al Jazeera
FILE PHOTO: Qatar's Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Abdullah Bin Nasser Al Thani speaks at the Qatar UK Business and Investment Forum in London, Britain March 27, 2017 REUTERS/Neil Hall Copyright Neil Hall(Reuters)
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DOHA (Reuters) - Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser al-Thani will attend an Arab summit in Saudi Arabia to discuss regional security, Al Jazeera reported on Wednesday, the highest level Qatari official to visit the kingdom during a diplomatic rift.

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt imposed an economic and diplomatic boycott on Qatar in June 2017 over allegations that Doha supports terrorism, a charge Qatar denies.

The emergency summit at Mecca, Islam's holiest city, will on Thursday discuss tensions with Iran following attacks on oil tankers off the coast of the United Arab Emirates and drone strikes on oil pumping stations in Saudi Arabia, both of which Tehran denies involvement in.

(Reporting by Ali Abdelaty; Writing by Eric Knecht)

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