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Washington - 10 April 2018
1. Wide of emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, arriving in White House driveway, President Donald Trump greeting him and leading him inside
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, US President:
"Thank you very much. It's a great honor to have the emir of Qatar with us. He's a friend of mine, knew him long before I entered the world of politics. He's a great gentleman, he's very popular in his country, his people love him. We're working on unity in that part of the Middle East and I think it's working out very well, there are a lot of good things happening."
3. Wide of Trump and emir of Qatar
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, US President:
"We're working very well together and I think it's working out extremely well. So, Emir, thank you very much for being here, appreciate it."
Wide of Trump, emir of Qatar shaking hands
5. Wide of Trump, emir of Qatar
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, emir of Qatar:
"Our economic partnership is more than $125 billion and our aim and goal is to double it in the next coming years. Our military cooperation is very solid, very strong. As everybody know, that the heart of fighting terrorism is from Al Udeid (air) base and thank God it's been a very successful campaign against the terrorist groups around our region."
7. Wide of Trump, emir of Qatar
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, emir of Qatar:
"Of course, we speak today and we see the suffering of the Syrian people and me and the president, we see eye to eye that this matter has to stop immediately. We cannot tolerate with a war criminal, we cannot tolerate with someone who killed more than half a million of his own people and this matter should end immediately. Thank you very much, Mr. President."
SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, US President:
"Thank you, and Tamim and I have been working for a number of years now, even before the fact actually, even before terrorism and we're making sure that terrorism funding is stopped in the countries that we are really related to, because I feel related. But those countries are stopping the funding of terrorism. That includes UAE, it includes Saudi Arabia. It includes Qatar and others."
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, emir of Qatar:
"I want to make something very clear, Mr. President. We do not and we will tolerate with people who fund terrorism. We've been cooperating with the United States of America to stop funding terrorism around the region. We do not tolerate with people who support and fund terrorism. I would like to also thank the president for him being involved personally in solving the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) crisis. He's been very helpful, he's been supporting us during this blockade and I would like to also thank the American people for being very supportive and his role is very vital to end this crisis in our region."
Wide of Trump, emir of Qatar shaking hands
10. Wide of Trump, emir of Qatar as media is led out
STORYLINE:
President Donald Trump is welcoming the ruling emir of Qatar to the White House.
Trump greeted Qatar's Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani Tuesday. Trump once accused the tiny gas-rich nation of funding terrorism at a "high level."
The leaders are set to hold a meeting and working lunch that the White House said would focus on strengthening ties, including security and economic issues.
Trump hasn't repeated that charge recently and Qatar has since taken steps to address U.S. concerns.
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