Macron called for the embrago "to be lifted as quickly as possible". Photo: YOAN VALAT / POOL / AFPFrench President Emmanuel Macron on Friday urged the lifting of a Saudi-led embargo on Qatar in effect since June. Macron is calling for "the embargo measures affecting the people of Qatar, in particular families and students, to be lifted as quickly as possible," the president's office said in a statement after he met with Qatar's emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani. Macron "expressed his concern over the tensions that threaten regional stability, undermining the political resolution of crises and our collective fight against terrorism," the statement said. The Qatari emir met earlier on Friday in Berlin with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who said the crisis would be resolved only through quiet diplomacy.

Source: The Local September 16, 2017 12:33 UTC