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Turkey sends armored personnel carriers to Qatar

22 June 2017 11:22 (UTC+04:00)
Turkey sends armored personnel carriers to Qatar

By Kamila Aliyeva

Turkey will send 25 servicemen and five armored personnel carriers to Qatar on June 22, Turkish media outlets reported quoting sources in the country’s General Staff.

The first group of military instructors left for Qatar on June 19.

A military agreement entered into force between Qatar and Turkey on June 9. The document was signed on November 10, 2016 in Ankara.

Earlier, the Turkish parliament ratified an agreement between the two countries on the deployment of a Turkish military contingent in Qatar.

Moreover, the Turkish parliament ratified the Protocol on Cooperation in the Field of Education and Training for Gendarmerie between the Government of the Republic of Turkey and the Government of the State of Qatar.

Several Arab countries including Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt cut off diplomatic relations with Qatar, accusing the latter of supporting ISIS, Al-Qaeda and other terrorists and destabilizing the situation in the Middle East. They were later joined by Libya, Yemen, the Maldives, Mauritius and Mauritania, with Jordan and Djibouti announcing they would lower the level of diplomatic contacts with Qatar. Senegal and Chad recalled their ambassadors from Doha.

Doha denied allegations over its support to terrorism and extremism adding that the diplomatic rift was based on "baseless fabricated claims."

Turkey has been providing food and water supplies to Qatar and expressed its full support to the country.

Since the first day of the Qatari crisis, Turkey, which enjoys authority in the Islamic world, has been playing an active role in settlement of the conflict and held a number of negations.

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Kamila Aliyeva is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @Kami_Aliyeva

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