Qatar, neighbours trade barbs at Arab League over boycott


  • World
  • Wednesday, 13 Sep 2017

FILE PHOTO: A view shows buildings at the Doha Cornich, Qatar, August 30, 2016. REUTERS/Naseem Zeitoon/File Photo

CAIRO (Reuters) - Diplomats from Qatar and the four states boycotting it exchanged heated words at an Arab League meeting on Tuesday.

Tensions flared after Qatar's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sultan bin Saad al-Muraikhi discussed the boycott in his opening speech despite the Gulf dispute not being on the agenda.

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