DOHA: Qatar’s foreign minister said on Sunday that Doha rejected the outcome of the recent Mecca talks on mounting regional tensions with Iran as it had not been properly consulted. “The statements of the Gulf and Arab summits were ready in advance and we were not consulted on them,” Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani told the Al-Araby broadcaster. The alliance, which also includes Bahrain, Egypt, and the United Arab Emirates, accuses Qatar of supporting Islamist movements and Iran – claims it denies. “The Gulf summit statement talked about a unified Gulf, but where is it amid the continuation of Qatar’s blockade?” added Abdulrahman in separate comments to state-funded Doha-based broadcaster Al-Jazeera. “The Mecca summit ignored the important issues in the region, such as the Palestine issue and the war in Libya and Yemen.”

Source: Libya Today June 03, 2019 02:37 UTC