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| Gulf Bloc Backtracks on Criticism of Egypt in Qatar Row |
| 2015-02-21 |
| [An Nahar] The Gulf Cooperation Council has backtracked on criticism of Egypt in its row with bloc member Qatar ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates... over Libya, in a move a Saudi-owned daily said Friday reflected divisions among member states. GCC secretary general Abdullatif al-Zayani had issued a statement on Thursday rebuking Egypt for accusing Qatar of supporting terrorism in Libya because of reservations it expressed about Egyptian air strikes earlier this week. But late in the evening, Zayani issued a new statement disavowing the earlier one and insisting all six member states fully supported Cairo in its intervention in its lawless western neighbour. "GCC states have stressed their full support to Egypt and its brotherly people in fighting terrorism and protecting its citizens at home and abroad," he said in the later statement. |
| Posted by:Fred |