UAE wants international monitoring of Qatar

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UAE wants international monitoring of Qatar

 

LONDON (Reuters) - A senior United Arab Emirates (UAE) official said international monitoring was needed in the standoff between Qatar and its Arab neighbours, adding he saw signs that the pressure exerted on Doha "was working".

 

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt imposed sanctions on Qatar on June 5, cutting diplomatic and transport ties with the tiny Gulf monarchy, accusing it of financing extremist groups and allying with Gulf Arab states arch-foe Iran. Doha denies the accusations.

 

"We need a regional solution and international monitoring," said Anwar Gargash, UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, in prepared remarks he was scheduled to deliver on Monday in London.

 

"We need to be certain that Qatar, a state with $300 billion in reserves, is no longer an official or unofficial sponsor of jihadist and terrorist causes," he said, giving no further detail on the proposed monitoring.

 

Gargash said the memorandum of understanding signed by the United States and Qatar on Tuesday on the financing of terrorism was a positive development.

 

Washington and Doha signed the agreement as U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson visited Qatar on a three-day tour of Gulf-Arab countries to try to end a month-long rift between Western-allied Arab states.

 

Still, the four Arab powers have said the memorandum fell short of allaying their concerns, that their sanctions would remain in place until Doha meets their demands and that they would keep a close eye on Qatar's efforts to fight terrorism funding.

"We do see signs now, however, that our pressure is working," Gargash said. "We are ready for this process to take a long time."

 

(Reporting by Karin Strohecker; Editing by Sandra Maler)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2017-07-17

[ravip]

"We do see signs now, however, that our pressure is working," Gargash said. "We are ready for this process to take a long time."

 

Yes, it will take time indeed, but when things backfire, it will be too late!

Remember what happened to Syria, Libya etc.?

 

[coulson]

"We are ready for this process to take a long time"

 

That's pretty obvious, since the UAE played a significant role orchestrating the rift in the first place.

 

 

[ilostmypassword]

I've got an idea. How about international monitoring for all the GCC states?  Jusr kidding.

 

[coulson]

I've got an idea. How about international monitoring for all the GCC states?  Jusr kidding.
 

I think Tillerson is already paying attention to all sides.

[coulson]

"We do see signs now, however, that our pressure is working," Gargash said. "We are ready for this process to take a long time."

 

Yes, it will take time indeed, but when things backfire, it will be too late!

Remember what happened to Syria, Libya etc.?

 

 

I don't get the comparison to Syria and Libya. Although, there were at one time plans to reinstate the deposed Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani who had support from the same Gulf states involved in this current dispute. He had asylum in UAE with full intention to resume power in Qatar back in 95/96.

 

Since then, the Emiri Guard have mobilized along with significant US and Turkish military. I don't see their desire to whip the current powers in Qatar being as much of a threat that it could have been 20 years ago.

 

The simple fact is UAE were always opposed to Qatar tapping their vast resources and becoming the richest Country in the world, and a potential western playground to challenge what UAE have in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.

 

http://m.gulfnews.com/news/uae/government/qatar-s-history-of-turbulent-relations-with-uae-1.1312739

 

[biggles45]

I always thought Saudi Arabia was the biggest supporter of terrorism (remember 9/11?) So why the anger against Qatar? Are they just supporting a different group of terrorists that the other countries don't like?  

[Morch]

3 hours ago, biggles45 said:

I always thought Saudi Arabia was the biggest supporter of terrorism (remember 9/11?) So why the anger against Qatar? Are they just supporting a different group of terrorists that the other countries don't like?  

 

When these countries talk about "terrorism" this often includes anti-regime groups, dissidents and such, in addition to the more familiar names associated with the term in the West.