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Doha doesn't back extremists: Emir
(MENAFN- Arab News) BERLIN: Qatar's emir said in Germany on Wednesday that his state does not back 'terrorist organizations' and Chancellor Angela Merkel said she had no reason to doubt him.
The leaders spoke in Berlin where the emir was visiting some three weeks after a German minister angered Doha by linking it to financing of the Islamic State (IS).
'Qatar has never supported extremist groups' Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani told a joint press conference according to the German simultaneous translation.
'What is happening in Iraq and Syria is extremism and those groupings are being partially funded from abroad but Qatar has never and will never support terrorist organizations' he said. Germany said last month it regretted any offense caused in Doha after its Development Aid Minister Gerd Mueller speaking about the IS told public radio: 'Who is financing these troops Hint: Qatar.'
Merkel said that in her first-ever meeting with the 34-year-old emir 'I also asked all the questions that are being discussed here and have no reason to doubt the emir's statements.' She said that the press conference could serve to 'correct misconceptions' and stressed that both Doha and Berlin had joined the anti-IS alliance.
The leaders spoke in Berlin where the emir was visiting some three weeks after a German minister angered Doha by linking it to financing of the Islamic State (IS).
'Qatar has never supported extremist groups' Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani told a joint press conference according to the German simultaneous translation.
'What is happening in Iraq and Syria is extremism and those groupings are being partially funded from abroad but Qatar has never and will never support terrorist organizations' he said. Germany said last month it regretted any offense caused in Doha after its Development Aid Minister Gerd Mueller speaking about the IS told public radio: 'Who is financing these troops Hint: Qatar.'
Merkel said that in her first-ever meeting with the 34-year-old emir 'I also asked all the questions that are being discussed here and have no reason to doubt the emir's statements.' She said that the press conference could serve to 'correct misconceptions' and stressed that both Doha and Berlin had joined the anti-IS alliance.
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