Egypt's FM: anti-Qatar quartet to take firm steps against Qatar

CAIRO – 7 July 2017: Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said in an exclusive interview with CNN on Thursday that anti-Qatar quartet will take firm steps against Qatar to change its policy in terms of “harboring terrorists in their territory and counting to provide arms to radical organizations.”

He added that Qatar needs to relinquish its previous perspectives on supporting terrorism and to show that in their policies and measures.

"We see the level of damage and the level of human suffering that has been associated to interventions like Qatar in Syria and Libya and the heavy price that Egypt has to pay in the loss of civilian life," said Shoukry.

"The last instance being the tragic events of the Egyptian Christians on their way to monastery for prayer that were targeted so brutally by terrorists."

Shoukry also accused the media outlets in Qatar of "glorifying terrorist activities”, and said that these media outlets don’t commit to the laws of “freedom of expression.”
Egypt is part of a quartet of Arab countries led by Saudi Arabia boycotting Qatar over alleged ties to terrorism. The countries suspended diplomatic relations and cut off land, sea and air travel to Qatar in early June. Qatar has rejected those accusations.