Washington: US President Donald Trump has offered to mediate the crisis between Qatar and its Arab neighbours, saying their dispute could be solved "fairly easily".
Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt have accused Qatar of having ties with fundamentalist Islamist groups. In June, they announced they had cut diplomatic and economic ties with Qatar.
Qatar denies the accusations while Kuwait has emerged as a key mediator in the crisis.
"I think there is a chance that there could be peace. But again, I say that a little bit reluctantly. We're going to give it our best," Trump told reporters at a joint White House news conference with Kuwait's Emir Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on Thursday.
He said the dispute is something that's going to get solved "fairly easily".
"We have tremendous talent working on that particular transaction.
As you know, David Friedman, the ambassador, is very much involved. We have a great group of people. We'll see what happens," he said in response to a question.
"They say it is the world's most complex and difficult deal. You know that. But it is something that could happen. I believe that the relationships that we have with both can help.
It's an event that's just never taken place," he added.
Responding to a question, Trump said he was willing to mediate between the disputing countries.
"I would be willing to be the mediator. I was telling the Emir before that if I can help between UAE and Saudi Arabia, where I have a very great relationship,
I spoke with the King, King Salman, who is a friend of mine, and we spoke on unrelated subjects, but we had a long conversation," he said.
The US president said the crisis began because of the fact that there has been massive funding of terrorism by certain countries and he wants to stop that.