DOHA — The UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Princes of Kuwait and Jordan travelled to Doha on Wednesday to express solidarity with Qatar after Israeli strike in Doha on Tuesday.
Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, also known as MBS, was scheduled to arrive in Doha on Thursday.
The UAE president Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan called the Israeli action “criminal” and a threat to regional stability.
In a meeting on Wednesday with Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in Doha, Sheikh Al Nahyan reaffirmed his country’s “resolute solidarity with Qatar and its steadfast support for all measures taken to safeguard its sovereignty, territorial integrity, and the safety of its people”, according to the UAE state media outlet WAM.
“He [Sheikh Al Nahyan] stressed that the criminal attack constituted a violation of Qatar’s sovereignty and of all international laws and norms, warning that such actions threaten the region’s security, stability, and prospects for peace,” WAM added.
“We will stand with the State of Qatar in all measures it takes, without limits, and we will harness all our capabilities for that,” Prince Mohammed said in an address to the Shura Council on Wednesday.
“We reject and condemn the attacks of the Israeli occupation in the region, the latest of which was the brutal aggression against the State of Qatar,” the crown prince added.
“This requires Arab, Islamic, and international action to confront this aggression and to take international measures to stop the occupation authority and deter it from its criminal practices aimed at destabilising the region’s security and stability.”
Meanwhile, Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said in an interview with CNN on Wednesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must be brought to justice.
Pointing to the indictment against Netanyahu by the International Criminal Court over war crimes in Gaza, Al Thani said, “He needs to be brought to justice.”
Al Thani said that a collective regional response is being prepared to counter Israel’s attack on Doha, stressing that consultations are under way with Arab and Islamic partners. — With inputs from Al JAzeera
