The government of Qatar has dismissed a publication by US portal Axios saying that Doha has decided to review its security partnership with the United States following the Israeli strike on Hamas leadership in the capital of Qatar.
A statement, published by the International Media Office of the State of Qatar stated that "the claim made to Axios by an unnamed source 'with knowledge' that Qatar is re-evaluating its security partnership with the United States is categorically false."
The media office described the publication as an "attempt to drive a wedge between Qatar and the US," emphasizing that the Qatar-US security and defence partnership is "stronger than ever and continues to grow."
Qatar calls Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's accusations of harboring terrorists against Doha "reckless," the Qatari Foreign ministry said.
ReplyDeleteOn Wednesday, Netanyahu called on countries that harbor "terrorists" to expel them or bring them to justice, mentioning Qatar in this regard.
United Arab Emirates condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s “hostile remarks” against Qatar, adding that any attack on a Gulf state is an attack on the Gulf’s “joined security system,” UAE official Afra Al Hameli said on Thursday.
ReplyDeleteOn Wednesday, Netanyahu warned Qatar to either expel Hamas officials or “bring them to justice, because if you don’t, we will.”