MOSCOW (Sputnik) — A diplomatic scandal broke out in the Arab world on Monday, with four regional states, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, severing diplomatic ties with Qatar over its support of terrorism and meddling in internal affairs, which was followed by other states. Pro-Iran Stance The conflict between Qatar and its neighbors occurred one week after the Arab Islamic American Summit in Riyadh, which took place May 20-21, when a Qatari news agency posted a speech on behalf of the country’s emir in support of building relations with Iran. © Sputnik / Irina RyapolovaThe Maldives’ Gov’t Explains Why It Severs Diplomatic Relations With QatarAt the summit, Saudi Arabia, on behalf of all the guests, condemned Iran for its hostile policies and threatened it with an adequate response. Later, the official representative of the Qatari Foreign Ministry said that the agency’s site was hacked, and that the speech on behalf of the emir was published by hackers and has nothing to do with the Qatari leader. However, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain considered this refutation to be unconvincing and continued to insist that the words about the normalization of relations with Iran were those of the emir. Security Destabilization, Support for Terrorists Bahrain was the first country to cut off diplomatic ties due to Qatar’s persistent attempts to destabilize the situation in the country and supporting terrorist activities. “Due to the insistence of the… Read full this story
- Qatar and Chad restore diplomatic relations
- Macron urges lifting of Qatar embargo
- How Saudi Arabia has slowly realised it can't play the Trump card on Qatar
- Economic, financial impact on Qatar from boycott is fading
- Qatar says World Cup on track despite boycott as supply lines fixed
- Israeli liaison minister gives Qatar mixed review on Hamas
- Qatari royal says he's being held against his will in UAE
How Arab States Cut Off Diplomatic Ties With Qatar Over Support of Terrorism have 307 words, post on sputniknews.com at June 5, 2017. This is cached page on xBlogs. If you want remove this page, please contact us.