Gargash to Qatar: Either agree to safeguard Gulf interests or separate from GCC

Hours before Qatar’s deadline ended, UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash said that with regards to the diplomatic crisis, it is crucial that Doha either agrees on the common grounds that safegaurd the interests of Gulf states or to seperate from the GCC.

On his offical Twitter account he said: “We are facing a historical point in time that has nothing to do with sovereignty, [Qatar] must either commit to the obligations of the community and refrain from underming it or destorying it or separate from it.”

نحن أمام مفصل تاريخي لا علاقة له بالسيادة، جوهره نهج الجماعة وإلتزاماتها، فإما أن نحرص على المشترك ونمتنع عن تقويضه وهدمه، وإما الفراق.

— د. أنور قرقاش (@AnwarGargash) July 4, 2017

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt gave Qatar an additional 48-hour deadline ending on Tuesday at the request of Kuwait, which is playingthe role of mediator in the crisis, to respond to a list of demands that called for Doha to stop its financing of extremist groups and stop interfering in the affairs of neighbouring states.