DOHA, Feb 20 (NNN-QNA) – Qatar’s deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs, said that, Saudi Arabia suspended negotiations with Qatar over the Gulf crisis suddenly, without any clear reasons.
“We were shocked by this sudden suspension, but we look forward to talks based on transparent grounds,” Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said, after a meeting of the European Parliament’s Foreign Relations Committee in Brussels.
Sheikh Mohammed pointed out that the crisis caused a huge crack in the Gulf region, that it would take time to rebuild confidence.
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and Egypt, have been imposing a diplomatic and economic boycott on Qatar since Jun, 2017, over allegations that the gas-rich Gulf country supports terrorism and interferes in their domestic affairs, which Doha has repeatedly denied.
