U.A.E. Supports Saudi Arabia Against Qatar-Backed Brotherhood
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The United Arab Emirates backed Saudi Arabia’s decision to label the Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist group supported by Qatar, a terrorist organization amid diplomatic discord between the three countries.
Denial of “any form of financial or moral support” to the group is a main aim of the change, the U.A.E. Foreign Ministry said yesterday in a statement. Saudi Arabia unveiled the decision on March 7, two days after the kingdom, the U.A.E. and Bahrain withdrew their ambassadors from Qatar, which they accused of undermining the Gulf Cooperation Council’s security.