UPDATE - Turkey wants Qatar row resolved peacefully: Cavusoglu

UPDATE - Turkey wants Qatar row resolved peacefully: Cavusoglu

Dialogue should continue to solve row between Qatar and Arab states peacefully, says Turkish foreign minister

UPDATES WITH TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTRY'S STATEMENT

By Sorwar Alam

ANKARA (AA) - Ankara wants a peaceful solution to the diplomatic rift between five Arab states and Qatar, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Monday.

Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Yemen and Egypt announced Monday that they were cutting off all diplomatic relations with Qatar, citing national security concerns.

Speaking at a joint press conference in Ankara with his German counterpart Sigmar Gabriel, Cavusoglu said that Turkey is ready to help however it can to bring the disputes to a manageable level.

“Dialogue should be continued under all circumstances so the existing problems can be solved in a peaceful way,” he said.

He expressed Turkey’s “sorrow” at the decisions to cut off ties, citing the importance of regional unity and solidarity.

“Turkey sees the unity and solitary among Gulf states as our own unity,” he said.

Unity among the countries of the region is important for fighting Daesh, radicalism, Islamophobia, and sectarianism, he added.

Meanwhile, Turkish Foreign Ministry also issued a statement, calling for regional solidarity.

“Turkey, as the responsible actor in the region and the current head of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, is ready to make any effort possible to resolve the issue among friend and brotherly countries in a very short period of time,” the statement read.

The ministry said the Gulf Cooperation Council has been playing a significant role for the security and stability in the region and called on its member states to resolve the issue through dialogue.

“It should not be forgotten that regional threats, including fight against terrorism, can only carry out through unity and solidarity,” it said.

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