Boycott: Bahrain lashes Qatar
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Qatar sent its state minister for foreign affairs to the annual one-day summit which is overshadowed by the economic and diplomatic boycott of Doha since mid-2017 by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt over allegations Doha supports terrorism, which Qatar denies.
“Qatar’s emir should have accepted the fair demands (of the boycotting states) and attended the summit,” Bahraini Foreign Minister Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa said in a tweet.
In response, Ahmed bin Saeed AlRumaihi, director of the information office at Qatar’s foreign ministry, said: “Qatar can make its own decisions and Nature Communications. “Portable detection devices could be used as a diagnostic tool, possibly with a cellphone,” said Matt Trau, a researcher at the University of Queensland in Australia. | Xinhua had attended (last year’s) Kuwait summit while the leaders of the boycotting countries did not.”
The Gulf Co-operation Council’s (GCC) summit of six member states opened in Riyadh as Saudi Arabia faces international pressure over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in October at the kingdom’s Istanbul consulate.
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman opened the gathering, urging fellow member states Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, the UAE and Qatar to maintain a united front against Iran and terrorism. “This requires all of us to work with our partners to preserve security and stability in the region and the world.”
Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber al-Sabah, who has tried unsuccessfully to mediate the Qatar row, then called for an end to media campaigns he said threatened regional LOS ANGELES: Hollywood actor
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Doha last week abruptly announced it was exiting the oil exporters’ group Opec after 57 years to focus on gas, in an apparent swipe at the bloc’s de facto leader Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia has resisted US pressure to restore ties with Doha following Khashoggi’s murder, an act that drew condemnation and scrutiny of Riyadh’s assertive regional policies.
A US State Department official yesterday urged Gulf states to mend fences to confront Iran and help enable a proposed new Middle East security alliance that would include the Gulf bloc, Egypt and Jordan.
“We’d like to see that unity restored, wish is that people treat each other with kindness and respect.”
He said he was concerned that “the world is a mess and it is up to us to fix that mess for our children and grandchildren. Shootings are happening every day… People on streets are being harassed and killed.”
Of his routine, Douglas said: “During the day I work with my assistant Grace on my new book. In the evenings, my wife and I sit not on our terms, but on terms of the countries that are involved,” said Timothy Lenderking, deputy assistant secretary for Arabian Gulf Affairs.
While the boycotting states insist the row is not a priority for them and that the GCC remains valid, Doha has said the dispute harms regional security by weakening the bloc.
Kuwait’s ties with Riyadh are also strained over control of shared oilfields in the so-called Neutral Zone, further weakening unity of the GCC which was set up in 1980 as a bulwark against larger neighbours Iran and Iraq.
Lenderking also yesterday affirmed Washington’s assistance to the Saudi-led coalition fighting Houthi rebels in Yemen, on the side of the Yemeni government.
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