Qatar: Foreign minister says Gulf crisis is all over a woman

Minister Al Thani said the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, sent envoys to the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, to demand the woman’s extradition but the Emir refused the request.

Times of Ahmad | News Watch | Int'l Desk
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By News Desk | January 12, 2018

Qatar’s Foreign Minister has made the extraordinary claim that the diplomatic crisis in the gulf was all brought about by a dispute over a woman renewing her passport.
Speaking on Qatari national television Minister Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman al-Thani said that the country’s refusal to extradite the wife of an Emirati opposition figure led to the UAE taking an aggressive stance against its neighbor and launching attacks in the media.

The woman and her husband moved to Qatar after leaving the UAE in 2013. The husband subsequently moved to the UK but the woman stayed in Qatar because of family ties. When she tried to renew her passport the Emirati embassy refused her application and demanded her extradition.

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