secretary of state mike pompei oh he's on a visit to the kuwaiti capital kuwait city he is attending the u.s. kuwait a strategic dialogue and we heard from him about the u.s. coates' relationship as well as from the kuwaiti foreign minister shakes. so bahrain our correspondent has been listening in to what was said and he's joining us live from kuwait city i want to pick up on one of the things that pompei o said towards the end of his address jamal which was that he appreciated the efforts in trying to end the gulf crisis saying we all need a united g.c.c. . indeed i mean this is probably the most important or most challenging part of the secretary of state's trip which is to try and find some sort of hope or some sort of way to century creates a breakthrough in finding a resolution through this g.c.c. crisis which has gone on for the best part of two years now in june two years since the blockade on qatar was imposed by saudi arabia the united arab emirates plane and as you mentioned obviously this trip is part of this third strategic dialogue that is between the united states and k

shall has more from kuwait city. although secretary of state mike pompei i did stress the need an urgency for finding a resolution to the g.c.c. crisis he failed to outline and he will or actionable things that would be taken to find a resolution to the problem or the rift in the gulf cooperation council what is very peculiar is that simply blockading property was imposed by the iraqis the saudis and their allies the u.s. administration namely through president donald trump himself actually took credit for this essentially saying that they had given the green light for an even actively encourage. them and arm and cairo to take this collective punishment against qatar and the people there however existence transpired that the g.c.c. crisis is not only being. something that is negative but with regards to the us a special interests or their own direct interest rather in the region but also goes against the interests of the wider international community of either the stability of the g.c.c. which exists in a wider mina

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so that the rift between those countries can be resolved was among those shells live for us in kuwait city the u.s. secretary of state come all talking about trying to find some common ground is there any indication yet that he might actually achieve that. well no really i mean aside from those generic statements from there was no real discussion or. pointing out or outlining rather of any concrete steps any tangible or actionable steps that will or are going to be taken to try and resolve this crisis was peculiar for many people obviously have been reporting on this g.c.c. crisis ever since the blockade on part that it was imposed by those countries is that in the early days of that blockade the u.s. administration in fact president donald trump himself took credit for that blockade and it was very apparent thoughts of the white house or at least closest allies and he gave the green light if not even actively encouraged the united arab emirates and saudi arabia with their allies to essentially impose that collective punishment on the people and residents of qatar now obviously that it has

to find a path forward so that the rift between those countries can be resolved your child is in kuwait city. although secretary of state mike pompei i did stress the need an urgency for finding a resolution through the g.c.c. crisis he failed to outline and he or actionable things that would be taken to find a resolution to the problem or the rift in the gulf cooperation council what is very peculiar is that since the blockade on property was imposed by the iraqis the saudis and their allies the u.s. administration namely through president donald trump himself actually took credit for this essentially saying that they had given the green light for even actively encouraged the alderman arm and cairo to take this collective punishment against qatar and the people there however existence transpired that the g.c.c. crisis is not only being. something that is negative but with regards to the us a special interests or their own direct interest rather in the region but also goes against the interests of the wider international community of the the stability of the g.c.c. which exists in a wider mi

the head of debt capital markets at the gulf investment corporation joins us from the line from kuwait citythe strategists we spoken to underscore that the fed's view is better expressed in the rates rather than the fx market. how do you see that particular asset class moving forward, given what we've heard in the last few days from the fed? guest: good morning, yousef. i agree with your statement. i think mr. powell was very clear last week. we had interest in economic data. the change on payroll was weaker than expected. -- related to the government shutdown. and also, if you look at the average of the last three months, the economy has been able to generate 180,000 jobs per month, which is exactly what we should expect at this point of the economic cycle. earnings were a little bit higher than expected. but overall, the economy in u.s. is growing at a good speed. [indiscernible] more interesting, growing without generating any inflation pressure. this makes the u.s. treasury market quite interesting. we maintain our longer duration. we think the 10 year u.s. treasury could reach 250 in t

forward so that the rift between those countries can be resolved more on this one with jamal shale in kuwait city. although secretary of state mike pompei all did stress the need an urgency for finding a resolution to the g.c.c. crisis he failed to outline and he or actionable things that would be taken to find a resolution to the problem or the rift in the gulf cooperation council what is very peculiar is that simply blockading property was imposed by the iraqis the saudis and their allies the u.s. administration namely through president donald trump himself actually took credit for this essentially saying that they had given the green light or even actively encouraged the alderman arm and cairo to take this collective punishment against qatar and the people there however it's a since transpired that the g.c.c. crisis is not only being. something that is negative but with regards to the us a special interests or their own direct interest rather in the region but also goes against the interests of the wider international community of either the stability of the g.c.c. which exists in a wider mina

this city not just from afghanistan but from other areas as well we're also hearing from the family members of a new zealand sporting representative a thirty three year old originally from kuwait who represented new zealand in this province of canterbury in the sport of football who is believed to have also been killed inside the mosque the police cordon is just a few meters from me here now it has moved slightly closer to wards the nor mosque which is another couple of hundred meters down this road which is still very much an active crime scene and throughout the course of saturday as andrew mentioned it's been a case of the police continuing that forensic work in and around that mosque and the lynwood mosque as well and while that has been happening some of the bodies have been taken out of that area and been returned to their family members so the funeral and burial arrangements can begin as quickly as possible and that is something that news the new zealand prime minister. just endured and spoke about as well she says she said that she hoped that all the bodies would be removed from the two mosques baez said today evening well it's just gone midnight now on saturday so we

when you all were in kuwait before heading to israel, pompeo was asked in this brief news conference about how the state department talks about the west bank. i know you mentioned the city is it significant that the u.s. doesn't seem to be referring to the west bank as occupied territory? >> well, it's always been referred to as occupied territory by the state department because it is disputed territory. the palestinians have a claim to it. and it is the territory that would become their state. if it's no longer occupied by israel, that does imply that it is israeli or could be israeli. we should point out this secretary of state, and the vice president before him when he was here a year ago in january, did not meet with any palestinians. there have been no meetings with palestinians that we know of, at least, and u.s. officials since this administration last december, december of 2017, i should say, moved the embassy. it was moved in sort of a small way, but now it has been expanded. and secretary pompeo is going to be the first secretary of state to visit the new u.s. embassy building here in jerusalem. so there has been no meetings with the palestinians. they are pro