UAE’s Gargash: Qatar should adopt new approach to end crisis
UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar
Gargash said on Friday that Mecca’s GCC extraordinary summit in Saudi Arabia
held recently proves that Doha crisis cannot be resolved through traditional
methods and without a frank revision of policies pursued by Qatar.
In a series of tweets marking two years after UAE,
Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Egypt severed ties with Qatar over its support for
extremist groups, Gargash said: “As evidenced by the recent Gulf summit, there
is no solution to the Doha crisis through traditional methods and without a
frank revision of the policies that were led by Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa.”
He added that: “Reason and logic make it imperative
for Sheikh Tamim (Qatar’s Emir) to carry out a frank revision and adopt a new
approach ending his country’s crisis, bringing it back to its Gulf and Arab
surroundings,” Gargash tweeted.
In June 2017, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and
Egypt broke off diplomatic and transportation links with Qatar over its support
for extremist groups.
The quartet has set several conditions to mend ties
with Qatar, including Doha’s severance of links with militant and terror
groups.
