Kuwait receives Qatar's response to Arab demands

KUWAIT CITY - 3 July 2017: Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah received at Bayan Palace Qatar's Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammad Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani who handed him a message from Qatari Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, said Kuwaiti news agency KUNA.

The Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah attended the meeting.

The message includes Qatar's response to a list of demands from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt, handed over to Doha through Kuwait late last month.

Kuwait had requested extending by 48 hours Sunday's deadline for Doha to submit the response