Qatar Friday dismissed as “baseless” a terrorism blacklist published by Saudi Arabia and its allies which linked individuals and organizations in Doha to support for “Islamist militant groups”.
The emirate was responding just hours after Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain published a list of 59 people and entities linked to “terrorism”.
“The recent joint statement issued by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt and the UAE regarding a ‘terror finance watch list’ once again reinforces baseless allegations that hold no foundation in fact,” read a statement from Qatar’s government.
The statement added that Qatar does not support what they call as “terrorist groups”.
“Our position on countering terrorism is stronger than many of the signatories of the joint statement — a fact that has been conveniently ignored by the authors,” it added.
Source: AFP
