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BERLIN — German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel criticized the decision by several Arab countries to sever relations with Qatar and US President Donald Trump’s involvement in the crisis, German media reported.

“Apparently, Qatar is to be isolated more or less completely and hit existentially,” the DPA news agency reported on Wednesday, quoting an interview Gabriel did with the Handelsblatt daily.

“Such a ‘Trumpification’ of relations in a region already susceptible to crises is particularly dangerous,” he said.

Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and the United Arab Emirates severed ties with Qatar on Monday. Yemen, Libya and the Maldives followed suit.

Qatar has been accused of supporting extremism and destabilizing the region, but it rejected such accusations as “unjustified” and “baseless”.

Trump tweeted on Tuesday that “during my recent trip to the Middle East I stated that there can no longer be funding of Radical Ideology. Leaders pointed to Qatar — look!”

In a call with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani on Wednesday, he

Such a ‘Trumpification’ of relations in a region already susceptible to crises is particularly dangerous.” Sigmar Gabriel, German foreign minister

offered to personally broker a resolution to resolve the crisis. “The president offered to help the parties resolve their differences, including through a meeting at the White House if necessary,” a White House statement said.

Gabriel met with Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman alThani on Tuesday and Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir on Wednesday in Berlin, trying to find a solution to the diplomatic crisis.

But Jubeir said that Gulf states could resolve the row with Qatar among themselves