Qatar's Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani on Tuesday echoed US President Donald Trump's comments on the Gulf crisis, saying Qatar was already fighting terrorism financing.
Trump published a tweet on his official Twitter account earlier in the day, commenting on the crisis in which Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt had cut off diplomatic and consular relations with Qatar. "During my visit to the Middle East, Leaders pointed to Qatar - see! "
"President Trump said he was talking about fighting the financing of Islamic ideology - and we are all fighting to finance any terrorist groups," Sheikh Mohammed said.
Al-Thani said that during Trump's recent visit to the region, he discussed with Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani the issue of "the need to stop the financing of terrorism by different countries." He pointed out that there are many reports issued by official agencies in the United States that "commend the role of Qatar in combating the financing of terrorism".
Trump met with the emir of Qatar on the sidelines of the Arab-Islamic-American summit, which Trump referred to in his tirade and was hosted by Saudi Arabia in May.
"We are friends, we have been associated with a long-standing indirect friendship with the prince, and our relationship is very good," Trump told the Emir of Qatar at the time. "We have serious discussions now and we will be looking to buy a lot of our wonderful military equipment. America, that means providing jobs in America also means increasing security here, so it's an honor for me to be here and I am very thankful to you. "
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