- Title: Germany's Gabriel urges Gulf deal to end financing of terrorism
- Date: 3rd July 2017
- Summary: JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA (JULY 3, 2017) (REUTERS) **** WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY **** SAUDI FOREIGN MINISTER, ADEL EL-JUBEIR, AND GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER, SIGMAR GABRIEL, TAKING THEIR SEATS IN NEWS CONFERENCE ROOM MAN TAKING PHOTOGRAPH WITH HIS MOBILE PHONE EL-JUBEIR AND GABRIEL SITTING AT TABLE PREPARING FOR NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (German) SIGMAR GABRIEL, GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER, SAYING: "Of course we also spoke about the current big crisis here in the Gulf region. If one were to imagine what the best solution would be that could come out of this conflict, then I think it would be a mutual agreement to end all support of terrorist or extremist organisations. We all know that it is not state organised, but often by private individuals, but the region has to succeed in putting an end to the financing of terrorist and extremist organisations. I think we agree very much on this goal and of course, and that is in our European and German interests, it is also that the Gulf Cooperation Council stays collectively stable and is able to negotiate collectively. It is one of the most substantial prerequisites for stability and security in the region. We have a huge vested interest that the GCC stays together." JOURNALISTS IN THEIR SEATS AT NEWS CONFERENCE FEMALE JOURNALIST STANDING UP, ASKING QUESTIONS IN GERMAN DURING NEWS CONFERENCE MEN SITTING, LISTENING TO NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (English) SAUDI MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, ADEL EL-JUBEIR, SAYING: "The Qataris have made some progress but certainly not sufficient progress to be satisfactory. There have been also other developments that occurred between 2014 and today in terms of Qatar`s involvement in the affairs of the neighbouring countries, in terms of its harbouring of designated financiers of terror operate overly in Qatar. In terms of incitement and hate speech, that is projected on Al Jazeera and other networks and so the decision was made that we have to make it very clear that this is no longer acceptable." NEWS CONFERENCE ENDING, EL-JUBEIR AND GABRIEL SHAKING HANDS
- Embargoed: 17th July 2017 21:10
- Keywords: German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Adel el-Jubeir Qatar Al Jazeera news
- Location: JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA
- City: JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA
- Country: Saudi Arabia
- Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA0016O5ZQ6F
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: The stand-off between the tiny Gulf state of Qatar and its Arab neighbours would best be solved by an agreement across the region to prevent the financing of terrorism, German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Monday (July 3).
Gabriel is on a tour of the Gulf region, where four Arab states have cut diplomatic and commercial ties with Qatar over claims that it is financing militant groups. Qatar rejects the accusations.
Speaking in Jeddah after a two-hour meeting with his Saudi counterpart Adel el-Jubeir, Gabriel blamed private individuals for "the financing of terrorist and extremist organisations" but added that the region has to put it to an end.
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt are pressing Qatar to shutter its Al Jazeera news TV station and dial back its relations to Iran, Saudi Arabia's arch-rival in the Gulf region.
El-Jubeir added in the news conference that Qatar had harboured "designated financiers of terror" and hate speech had featured on Al Jazeera and other networks. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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