Qatar’s foreign ministry has summoned Iranian ambassador Ali Saleh Abadi to protest the IRGC’s attack on the Al Udeid airbase on Monday evening, condemning the assault as a “flagrant violation of its sovereignty and airspace” .
The ministry affirmed Qatar’s right to respond, according to a statement, Al Jazeera reported.
It also “emphasised to the Iranian ambassador that this violation is completely inconsistent with the principle of good neighbourliness and the close relations between” Qatar and Iran, especially since Doha “has always been an advocate of dialogue with Iran and has exerted tireless diplomatic efforts in this regard”.
In a separate statement, the ministry said it has sent a letter to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres as well as the Security Council denouncing the IRGC’s “extremely dangerous escalation” and saying the attack posed a “direct threat to regional peace and security”.
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