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US Maintains Strong Gulf Relations Despite Israel’s Qatar Attack - Rubio After Netanyahu Meeting

© AP Photo / Jose Luis MaganaSecretary of State Marco Rubio testifies before the Senate Committee on Appropriations subcommittee hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2026 budget request for the U.S. Department of State on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Secretary of State Marco Rubio testifies before the Senate Committee on Appropriations subcommittee hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2026 budget request for the U.S. Department of State on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 20, 2025 - Sputnik International, 1920, 15.09.2025
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The US maintained contact with the Gulf states before Israel's attack on Qatar and will continue to do so after, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Monday.
"We have strong relationships with our Gulf allies. We work very closely with them on a number of things. We have been engaged with them. We have been engaged with them consistently before what happened and after what happened," Rubio said at a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
He also added that certain issues still need to be addressed regardless of recent events.
On September 9, Israel launched strikes at senior negotiators of Hamas in Doha. The Israel Hayom newspaper reported that Israel had notified the US and Qatari authorities before striking Hamas' Doha office, but Qatar denied prior knowledge of the Israeli strike. US President Donald Trump sought to distance himself from the attack, saying that the decision had been made independently by Netanyahu. He assured Qatar that such an attack would not happen again.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio visit the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray, in the Old City of Jerusalem - Sputnik International, 1920, 14.09.2025
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