Bahrain PM calls Qatar emir in rare contact amid Gulf dispute

Bahrain’s long-serving prime minister has called Qatar’s emir to mark the start of the holy month of Ramadan in a rare contact between Doha and the countries boycotting it.

UAE, KSA, Kuwait to Enhance Bahrain Fiscal Stability

The Ministers of Finance of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the State of Kuwait…

Bahrain’s state-run news agency acknowledged the call between Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa and Qatar’s Emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, in a report early on Tuesday.

It described the call as “restricted” to Ramadan greetings, and according to Bahrain’s cabinet affairs minister, it “does not represent the official position of the Kingdom of Bahrain and will not affect its commitments with Saudi Arabia, UAE and Egypt on the implementation of what Qatar has committed to in 2013 and 2014 and the just demands that had followed”.

Since June 2017, Bahrain, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia have imposed a diplomatic and commercial embargo on Qatar, accusing the latter of “supporting terrorism”.

Doha, for its part, strenuously denies the claim, describing the ongoing embargo as a violation of international law.

On Monday, the UAE released a Qatari naval vessel and four sailors it had seized nearly a week earlier.

In its statement on Monday, Qatar’s Foreign Ministry expressed satisfaction over the vessel’s release.

“The ship was conducting a routine drill when it encountered a technical problem and was swept into Emirati waters, where it and its crew were seized by the Emirati authorities,” the statement read.

“Qatar has worked in recent days, through all available diplomatic channels and with mediation by friendly states, to secure the safe return of the vessel and crew,” it added.

Improving Organizational Performance with Fusion Leadership and Business Excellence in Bahrain

Global Experts in Leadership and Business Excellence will lead a powerful discussion focusing on improving organizational performance at…

Keywords: Khalifa bin Salman Al-Khalifa
Category Government | 2019/05/07 latest update at 6:10 PM
Source : Al Jazeera | Photocredit : Google

892 Views
Comments Add comment

Bahrain PM to get WHO global honour

Ahlia University hosts graduation ceremony

The editorial staff of Bahrain Today would like to give all of its readers from Gulf and Bahrain and the whole world the opportunity to participate actively in the development of the website! If you have something interesting, fun, scandalous - just something worth to be seen from more people. Capture it and share it in the Bahrain Today with a short text.

Do you have information you want to reach our readers?

Send article/s

You can subscribe to our Facebook, Twitter and Google pages or use our RSS feed channel to always read the most important news about Bahrain, the Gulf and the world.