Qatar: Khaled Al-Attiyah and Turkish military presencenote

Qatari Minister of State for Defense Affairs Khaled Al-Attiyah attended the GCC defense ministers that was held in Muscat on 30/10/19.

He is said to have refused to include the subject of the Turkish military presence in Qatar in the meeting agenda.

Who wanted this subject to be included?

Why did Minister Al-Attiyah refuse and what reasons did he give?

These key questions and more are answered in the following 320-word report.

[Partly reproduced in TR Defense Weekly Issue No 26/45 – November 8, 2019]

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