Qatar’s Shaikh Abdullah left UAE at own request: source

The UAE reiterated on Sunday that Shaikh Abdullah Bin Ali Al Thani, a member of the Qatari royal family, was hosted in the UAE as a guest and left the country at his own request.

According to an official source at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Shaikh Abdullah was warmly welcomed and accorded with hospitably in the country after he requested to come to the UAE due to restrictions practiced against him by the Qatari government.

“Shaikh Abdullah Al Thani expressed his desire to leave the UAE and left the country after facilitating all procedures for him,” the ministry source said.

The source expressed regret over the allegations that coincided with the departure of Shaikh Abdullah Al Thani. It emphasised that such allegations and practices have become a continuous approach by Qatar in the way of handling its crisis.