US, Qatar sign MoU against financing terrorism

Cairo, July 12: A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the US Secretary of State and his Qatari counterpart on Tuesday against the financing of terrorism, Qatari media reported.

Rex Tillerson and Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani signed the pact, which they had been working on for a year, Tillerson explained, Efe news reported.

The head of US diplomacy added that this step seeks to 'revive' the agreements adopted at the Riyadh summit in 2014, from which several steps have been taken in favour of the fight against



terrorism and its financing.

Al Thani stressed in a press conference offered before the signing that this is a bilateral agreement and has nothing to do with the current crisis between Qatar and the four Arab countries that have broken diplomatic relations with Doha.

Tillerson arrived in Qatar on Tuesday to try to find a way out of the crisis, which began more than a month ago, when Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain cut off diplomatic relations with Doha and imposed a land, naval and air blockade about the country.