PARIS, France — Qatar’s diplomatic isolation could “last years,” a United Arab Emirates minister says Monday, accusing the Gulf state of “supporting jihadists.”
“We do not want to escalate, we want to isolate,” state minister for foreign affairs Anwar Gargash tells journalists during a visit to Paris.
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain broke off relations with Qatar two weeks ago and have closed land and sea borders and imposed severe restrictions on airspace.
The minister says Qatar’s rivals were “betting on time,” but says a solution could not be brokered until it abandoned its support for “extremist Islamists.”
“They have built a sophisticated podium for jihadism and Islamic extremism, we have a golden opportunity to break this support,” the minister says.
He calls for countries like the United States, France, Germany and Britain to help monitor any agreement reached with Qatar to ensure they are not cooperating with jihadists.
— AFP
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