ABU DHABI: The United Arab Emirates said on Tuesday that Qatar would need to provide a “guaranteed roadmap” before it would consider mending ties. Along with neighboring Saudi Arabia and its closest allies, the UAE severed relations with Qatar on Monday, suspending all flights and giving Qataris 14 days to leave in the biggest diplomatic crisis to hit the region in years. “We need a guaranteed roadmap to rebuild confidence after our covenants were broken,” UAE state minister for foreign affairs Anwar Gargash said on Twitter. Gargash accused Doha of turning to “money and media and partisanship and extremism” in a series of tweets early Tuesday. It hosts the largest US airbase in the region, which is crucial in the fight against Islamic State group jihadists.

Source: Manila Times June 06, 2017 08:48 UTC