Bahrain Minister Calls for Freezing Qatar's GCC Membership
- Bahrain will not attend GCC summit if Qatar is present
- Bahrain foreign minister comments on Qatar via Twitter
Bahraini Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa.
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Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Khalid Bin Ahmed Al Khalifa called for the freezing of Qatar’s Gulf Cooperation Council membership, escalating attempts by a Saudi-led coalition to deepen the isolation of the gas-rich country.
Bahrain will not attend the upcoming GCC summit if Qatar takes part, Sheikh Khalid said on Twitter. He criticized Qatar for refusing to comply with a list of 13 demands, including shutting down Al Jazeera television and scaling back ties with Iran. The next summit is set to take place in December in Kuwait, which has been leading regional efforts to resolve the crisis.