Jordan king to visit Kuwait Tuesday amid Gulf crisis

Planned visit will come one day after several Arab states abruptly cut ties with Qatar

By Mohamed Abdul Ghaffar

KUWAIT CITY (AA) - Jordan’s King Abdullah II will head to Kuwait on Tuesday to meet with that country's leader, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah.

“The visit aims to discuss bilateral ties and recent developments in the Middle East,” Jordan’s royal court announced in a Monday statement.

Kuwait is currently at the center of intense diplomatic activity.

Earlier Monday, Sheikh Sabah met with Ammar al-Hakim, head of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, and an accompanying delegation.

And last Wednesday, the Kuwaiti emir received Qatari counterpart Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani in Kuwait City.

Complicating matters, the Jordanian king’s Tuesday visit to Kuwait will come one day after Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen and Bahrain cut diplomatic relations with Qatar.

The abrupt escalation came two weeks after the website of Qatar’s official news agency was allegedly hacked by an unknown group that reportedly published statements falsely attributed to Sheikh Tamim.

The incident ignited a diplomatic row between Qatar and fellow Gulf states Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

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