Saudi Arabia, UAE condemn Qatar’s action

Saudi Arabia and the UAE yesterday criticised Qatar for rejecting the conclusions of the Makkah talks. Doha said on Sunday it rejected the outcomes as it had not been properly consulted. Saudi Arabia’s minister of state for foreign affairs, Adel al-Jubeir, fired back.

“Countries... during summits announce their positions and reservations in the meetings according to customs and not after the meetings,” he said on Twitter.

The United Arab Emirates’ minister of state for foreign affairs, Anwar Gargash, criticised Doha for being “weak” under pressure. “Seems to me that attendance and agreement in meetings and then backtracking on what was decided on is (a result of) pressure on the weak that lack sovereignty or have ill intentions or lack credibility, and it might be all these factors,” he tweeted late Sunday.