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BRUSSELS, July 13 (KUNA) -- EU High Representative Federica Mogherini and French President Emmanuel Macron discussed the situation in the Gulf during their meeting at the sidelines of the Balkan summit in the Italian city of Trieste Wednesday evening.
"The importance of resolving the current crisis through political dialogue and support for mediation of Kuwait was highlighted", said a statement released by Mogherini's office in Brussels.
Last July 4th, Mogherini said the European Union was actively supporting the Kuwaiti mediation efforts to resolve the ongoing crisis in the Gulf.
The EU foreign policy chief in a statement said she was taking part in a number of high level engagements to de-escalate the situation with the backing of the 28 EU Member States, and she was in contact on a daily basis with all the relevant players including the foreign ministers of Kuwait, UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.(end).
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