Qatar's low profile at Arab summit a 'message' to Iraq: PM
AFP
DOHA- Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem Al-Thani said his country was sending a "message" to Iraq's leadership by reducing its representation at the Arab Summit to a minimal.
Qatar "is not boycotting the summit, as much as it is sending a message to the brothers in Iraq," he said in an interview with Al-Jazeera, excerpts of which were posted Wednesday on the network's website.
Qatar is represented at the summit by its ambassador to the Cairo-based Arab League, Saif bin Muqaddam.
Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al-Sabah is so far the only head of state from the Gulf expected to attend the summit that is held under tight security measures on Thursday.
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