Saudi minister lashes out at Qatar's Al Jazeera TV channel

CAIRO - 12 July 2017: Saudi Minister of Information and Culture Awwad Saleh al Awwad has criticized the role played by the Qatari Al Jazeera TV channel to foment sedition in the Arab region.

Addressing the opening session of the 48th meeting of the Arab Information Ministers Council, Awwad described Al Jazeera as the channel of evil that supports terrorism and extremism.

He also accused the Qatari network of implementing foreign agendas with the aim of sowing seeds of sedition in the Arab region.

Awwad also called for foiling terrorist groups' plots to propagate extremist thoughts in the Arab countries.