UAE’s Gargash criticizes Qatari media for ‘fabricating’ his presence in Sudan
The UAE’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
Anwar Gargash criticized in a tweet on Saturday the Qatari media’s
“fabrication” of news on him being in Sudan’s Khartoum while he is not.
“I was surprised, but not quite, to see the
fabrications of Qatari media, including Middle East Eye, saying that I am in
Khartoum,” Gargash tweeted.
The Middle East Eye, which claims to be an
independent online news outlet, had published an article on Friday saying that
Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Defence minister Prince Khalid bin Salman and the UAE
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash made an unannounced visit
to Sudan “for only a few hours.”
“I’m currently participating in the GLOBSEC
Bratislava Forum in Slovakia,” Gargash tweeted, denying the news.
Gargash had said on Friday that Mecca’s GCC summit
in Saudi Arabia proves that the Doha crisis cannot be resolved through
traditional methods and without a frank revision of policies pursued by Qatar.
This also came in a series of tweets marking the
second year of the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Egypt severing ties with
Qatar over its support for extremist groups.
“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.
