Turkey: Senior honorable slams UAE’s Gargash over Twitter feedback

Turkish and United Arab Emirates (UAE) officials traded novel barbs on Sunday after a top diplomat in Abu Dhabi accused Ankara of no longer respecting the sovereignty of its Arab neighbours.

Anwar Gargash, the UAE minister of jabber for foreign places affairs, took to Twitter on Saturday, announcing Arab-Turkish relatives were « no longer at their most attention-grabbing », adding that Ankara must « respect Arab sovereignty ».

In response, Ahmet Berat Conkar, a senior MP of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Construction Receive together (AK Receive together), called Gargash’s feedback « baseless » and « glum ».

« This honorable can’t affirm on behalf of Arabs in classic; he can most attention-grabbing affirm with regards to the country he represents. He must take grasp of his place in that respect, » Conkar urged Al Jazeera. 

« We’ve a dapper circle of chums within the Arab geography. We cooperate with a dapper selection of Arab countries, » acknowledged Conkar, who is also a member of the Turkish parliament’s foreign places affairs committee.

Gargash, on his Twitter yarn, called on Ankara to « address its neighbours in a perfect and rational components in expose to return to steadiness. »

« Opposition to the principle Arab states and supporting actions that gaze to swap regimes by violence produce no longer signify a rational technique to the neighbourhood, and Ankara is required to respect the sovereignty and respect of the Arab states, » he added in a series of tweets.

Stained relatives

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been a important supporter of Qatar since Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt severed diplomatic ties and replace relatives with Qatar on June 5.

Relatives between Turkey and the three Gulf states performing against Qatar bag since turned sour.

The four Arab countries accused Doha of supporting « terrorism » and fostering ties with their regional rival, Iran. Qatar denies the accusations.

Turkey has built a navy unpleasant in Qatar essentially based fully mostly on an agreement signed in 2014.

Almost at present after the diplomatic disaster erupted, Turkey’s parliament rapid-tracked funds for troop deployment to and navy practicing cooperation with Qatar.

Ankara also supported the Arab Gulf jabber by providing the principle merchandise blocked from coming into by its neighbours.

‘Lobbying against Turkey’

Conkar denied Gargash’s claim that Ankara supports regime swap thru violence, adding that the UAE backed the kind of swap within the case of the 2013 coup in Egypt.

« This [accusation towards Turkey] is coming from a country that openly supported the coup in Egypt. The UAE backs the navy authorities there, which overthrew a democratically elected authorities by conducting massacres, » he urged Al Jazeera.

The UAE follows policies against political forms of Islam and openly took a stance against the democratically elected Muslim Brotherhood-dominated administration in Egypt earlier than and at the time of the coup.

Conkar also acknowledged: « Obvious circles with ulterior motives in these countries [UAE, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain] bag it sounds as if been ganging up and lobbying against Turkey. And it appears the UAE circles are taking the lead in these efforts. »

He added that such bilateral discussions need to be thru political channels essentially based fully mostly on diplomatic practices, no longer thru media channels.

Erdogan had lashed out at the UAE’s foreign places minister in December after he retweeted a post accusing troops led by Ottoman commander Fahreddin Pasha of « ransacking » the holy city of Medina about a century within the past.

« This man is corrupt with petrol and corrupt with cash. While my ancestors were busy defending Medina, you impudent man, what were your ancestors doing? You want to always yarn for this main, » Erdogan acknowledged.

The city, which homes the Prophet Muhammad’s tomb and is revered by Muslims, was as soon as dominated by the Ottomans except they were defeated by the British and their Arab allies in World Battle I. 

Note Umut Uras on Twitter: @Um_Uras