Published 01:57 IST, November 6th 2019
Qatar, Turkey to strengthen cooperation - Qatar Foreign Ministry
Qatar and Turkey are planning to boost their cooperation into a comprehensive strategic partnership according to Qatar's foreign ministry on November 5.
- World News
- 2 min read
Qatar and Turkey are planning to boost their cooperation into a comprehensive strategic partnership according to Qatar's foreign ministry on November 5. Doha is dealing with a prolonged boycott by the Gulf nations. The foreign ministry tweeted that the decision was taken at a minister-level meeting of the Qatari-Turkish Higher Strategic Committee that took place in Doha on Monday. Turkey gave its hands to Qatar after the Gulf countries including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt cut all ties with Qatar in mid-2017 blaming it of funding the terrorist organisations. Doha denies all the accusations and says the gulf countries are targeting the nation to affect its sovereignty.
Turkey and Qatar have aided support to their Muslim brotherhood
Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani in a speech said that Qatar has succeeded in maintaining the independence of their political decisions and has been facing serious threats from the Gulf nations. Turkey and Qatar have aided support to their Muslim brotherhood which Saudi Arabia and its allies regard as an existential threat to their rule and recognize it as a terrorist organization. When the gulf countries imposed diplomatic and trade boycott, Turkey supported the nation sending additional troops and military hardware to Qatar and provided food and water supplies to the oil-rich wealthy country.
US warns Turkey
US Defence Secretary Mark Esper warned Turkey that it was 'heading in the wrong direction' in regards to Syria, on October 24. He referred to its attack on Syria and the deal with Russia to patrol a 'safe zone' together. He said Turkey has put everyone in a very bad situation by launching an offensive in northern Syria against the Kurdish militants who are actually an ally of the United States in their battle against the Islamic State. Esper while speaking at a conference in Brussels ahead of a NATO defence Ministers' meeting said, "I think the incursion's unwarranted".
Updated 01:57 IST, November 6th 2019