UAE official says Turkish base in Qatar destabilises region

Sunday, 11 October 2020Newsdesk

Turkey’s army in Qatar is an element of instability in the Gulf region, a senior official of the United Arab Emirates has said, adding that it contributed to negative polarisation.

New Delhi, 11 October 2020

As per news report of Reuters, the UAE and its Arab allies have imposed a boycott on Qatar since mid-2017 and had demanded that Doha close a Turkish military base, among their conditions for ending the rift. Abu Dhabi and Ankara also back opposing sides in Libya’s conflict. “The Turkish military presence in the Arab Gulf is an emergency,” Anwar Gargash, the UAE’s state minister for foreign affairs, said on Twitter on Saturday. “It reinforces polarisation, and it does not take into account the sovereignty of states and the interests of the Gulf countries and its people.”

Source -NDTV