His Excellency Yousef Ali Al Khater, Ambassador
of the State of Qatar to the United Kingdom
On Wednesday 5 July, His Excellency the Ambassador
wrote an Op-Ed for The Daily Telegraph in which he
stated that the current Gulf crisis “can only end if we sit
down together and resolve it as brothers”.
Regarding allegations by blockading countries that Qatar
supports terrorism, he responded “we do not and we
have not”, further asserting that “the issues raised by the
Saudis and the Emiratis are just a smokescreen for their
real objective: to limit the sovereignty and independence
of Qatar”.
His Excellency Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman
Al Thani, Ambassador of the State of Qatar to
Germany
On 23 July, following His Highness the Amir’s first
televised public address on the Qatar-GCC crisis, HE
the Ambassador participated in a panel discussion on Al
Jazeera’s Inside Story news programme, presented by
Kamahl Santamaria.
HE the Ambassador praised the wisdom of HH the
Amir’s speech and stated the HH the Amir wanted
to thank the people of Qatar for their solidarity and
harmony, as well as the Amir of Kuwait for his mediation
efforts.
On the blockade, HE the Ambassador noted that
ending the blockade is “to the benefit of everybody” and
highlighted that it has caused “humanitarian violations”.
He added that the only ones benefitting from the crisis are
Islamic State and Al Qaeda.
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