KUWAIT is trying to mediate between Qatar and its Arab neighbours blockading it over alleged terrorist support, Doha said yesterday.

Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said Kuwait’s emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah persuaded his Qatari counterpart to hold off on a speech condemning Saudi Arabia on Monday night.

Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani “received a call from the emir of Kuwait asking him to postpone it in order to give time to solve the crisis,” the minister said.