WP: the White house is growing concern because of the crisis over Qatar
WASHINGTON, September 18. /TASS/. Concern about the crisis over Qatar continues to grow in the White house after more than three months after the beginning of the conflict in the Persian Gulf.
This was reported in the Sunday newspaper the Washington Post, citing sources in the Washington administration.
“We put a lot of investment, — quotes the edition of the representative of the White house. — Is it acceptable that American business starts talking to us about the cancellation of their contracts because of the situation in the [Persian] Gulf?”.
He also pointed to a potential threat to the American airbase, which fly the aircraft for anti-terrorist operations. “We all start to feel a crisis [around] Qatar prevents what we want to do,” said a source.
He noted that the White house is trying to encourage the parties to end the conflict, “before [the situation] will begin to affect military operations” against the extremists. The newspaper emphasizes that the U.S. administration recognizes the progress of Doha in the fight against terrorism.
In early summer, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Yemen, Libya’s interim government, the Republic of Maldives, Republic of Mauritius, Mauritania and the Comoros Islands declared severance of diplomatic relations with Qatar. They explained that the support of the Emirate of terrorism and extremist ideology, and its hostile policies and intervention in the Affairs of Arab States. In Doha, consider these actions unjustified, and charges in the address groundless.