TUNIS, April 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Qatar’s emir has left an Arab League summit in Tunisia early, the Gulf state’s official QNA news agency said Sunday, without giving details on why.
Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani quit the meeting “after attending the opening ceremony”, it said, with no further details.
A Tunisian official said the Qatari leader had walked out during the speech of League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit, and “has left Tunisia”.
Qatar is at the centre of a bitter Gulf standoff since June 2017, when Saudi Arabia along with the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain severed ties with Doha.
The Saudi-led bloc accuses Doha of supporting extremist groups and being too close to Iran, charges Qatar denies. — NNN-AGENCIES
