The four Arab countries [Egypt, UAE, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain] that recently declared a diplomatic boycott with Qatar released a joint statement on Monday in response to leaked documents of a previous diplomatic agreement signed with Qatar in 2013.
The 2013 agreement with Qatar was signed between Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar in the Saudi capital of Riyadh in the presence of the late Saudi King Abdullah Al Saud, current Emir of Qatar Tamim Bin Hamad and the current Emir of Kuwait Sabah Al-Ahmad.
The agreement stipulated that Qatar will suspend any support it provides to opposition groups located in the Arab gulf countries, halt funding of all militant and terrorist groups such as the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood.
Moreover, the 2013 agreement documents, leaked by the US based media outlet CNN, included that Qatar must suspend funding to militant groups in Yemen, that represent a danger against the interests of Arab Gulf countries.
Through the released joint statement, the four Arab countries said that the leaked documents show that Qatar has a history of escaping fulfilling its commitments.
“The Four Arab countries which are Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Bahrain stresses that the 13 demands they asked Qatar to carry out recently are considered similar to the 2013 to the points Qatar showed previously obligation to follow, ” the four Arab countries’ statement read.
In the leaked 2013 agreement between Qatar and Arab Gulf countries, Qatar showed their obligation to suspend interfering in any Arab Gulf’s country internal affairs or providing safe shelter for opposition figures who seek destroying political regimes in these countries.
Meanwhile, Qatar showed an obligation in 2013 to suspend supporting the media apparatuses that work against the Arab Gulf’s countries’ governments, in addition to suspend the support provided for the outlawed group of MB.
The leaked documents of the 2013 agreement showed that if Qatar did not follow these obligations, then members of the Arab Gulf Co-operation Council will follow the necessary measures to protect their countries’ national security.
