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'Seeds of progress' in ending Gulf row with Qatar, UAE envoy says

UAE Ambassador to the United States Yousef al-Otaiba signaled the Gulf parties are getting closer to an agreement.

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A view of a boat sailing past buildings at the corniche in the Qatari capital, Doha, on June 7, 2017. Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the UAE and Bahrain announced on June 5 they were cutting diplomatic ties and closing air, sea and land links with Qatar. — STR/AFP via Getty Images

UAE Ambassador to the United States Yousef al-Otaiba says there are “seeds of progress” in resolving the blockade that the United Arab Emirates and its Gulf neighbors imposed on Qatar. 

“I think there’s definitely progress or at least there are seeds of progress,” Otaiba told the Hudson Institute think tank during a virtual event on Tuesday. 

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