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[email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Qatar regrets recall of envoys PM visits Ashghal HQ Saudi Arabia, UAE and Bahrain withdraw ambassadors from Doha DOHA: Qatar yesterday “to protect their security and reiterated Qatar’s “continued com- direct security work or through expressed regret and surprise stability”. mitment to the principles on which political influence, and not to sup- over the decision by three GCC The State Cabinet, responding GCC was based and the imple- port hostile media”. countries — Saudi Arabia, the to this unprecedented decision, mentation of its obligations in line The GCC foreign ministers had UAE and Bahrain — to withdraw said in a statement: “The move with GCC states’ agreements on met in Riyadh on Tuesday to try their ambassadors from Doha. taken by the Kingdom of Saudi preserving and maintaining their to persuade Qatar to implement Qatar said it will not retaliate Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain security and stability.” the agreement, it added. by pulling out its envoys in the have nothing to do with their A security agreement signed “But unfortunately, these three countries because it is “keen national interests nor their secu- last year by the GCC focused on efforts did not result in Qatar’s on brotherly ties between people rity and stability, but there is a cooperation in the exchange of agreement to abide by these of Qatar and other GCC states”.