Qatar-Iranian nexus is out in the open
Ties between the two are opportunistic and do not reflect Qataris’ desire, Gargash says
UAE’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr Anwar Mohammad Gargash has said that the Qatari-Iranian nexus was no longer hidden.
Communication between Qatar and Iran is at an alltime high, and the two countries are in agreement when it comes to proposals and views, tweeted Dr Gargash, quoting Iran’s Mehr News Agency.
“These relations were usually maintained in secrecy, and now it has become public. It is an opportunistic approach — supporting [Al] Houthis and other stances — and it perhaps does not reflect the opinions of the Qatari people,” Dr Gargash tweeted.
“I cannot imagine that Qataris are happy with their government’s support for Al Houthis, or the fact that their country has close relations with Tehran. Previously, they were not happy with Qatar’s normalisation of relations with Israel, or their country’s relations with Hezbollah. The hidden political agenda of Qatar’s leadership is what resulted in the country isolating itself from its surroundings,” he added.
Gargash had said earlier that Iran’s influence was waning in the region, as was evident in Iraq’s parliamentary election, which was won by a block led by nationalist cleric Moqtada Sadr.
Shiite cleric Al Sadr, a longtime adversary of the United States who also opposes Iranian influence in Iraq, is now in a position to influence the formation of the government due to his bloc’s surprise win, even though he cannot himself become prime minister because he did not run in the May 12 election.