Egypt FM says measures against Qatar prompted by its finance of terror groups

CAIRO - 10 July 2017: Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said on Monday recent measures taken by Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain against Qatar came after the four states verified that Doha was continuing its policies of interfering in other countries’ affairs and supporting terrorism.

"As we regret these measures against Qatar, we want to stress that the decision came after we made sure that Qatar was continuing its practices of interfering in the affairs of other countries, strenuously seeking to undermine security and spread chaos in our societies, financing terrorist and extremist organizations, harboring fugitives and promoting the extremist jihadi thoughts that harmed out Islamic societies," Shoukry told the 44th meeting of the ministerial council of the Organization of Islamic Organization (OIC) in Abidjan.

The minister added that these accusations were confirmed by reports issued by a Libyan sanctions committee, which contained evidences that Qatar was involved in spreading chaos, smuggling weapons and providing financial, logistic and intelligence support for extremist and terrorist groups in Libya.