WASHINGTON, D.C.: US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis reaffirmed America’s strategic security partnership with Qatar on Thursday (Friday in Manila), the Pentagon said, amid a diplomatic crisis in the Gulf.

It was also announced that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will travel to Kuwait—one of the countries angry at Qatar in the spat—on July 10 at the invitation of Kuwait to discuss the row.

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