‘Media inciting Qataris against GCC’

London : Information Affairs Minister Ali Al Romaihi has said that the Al-Jazeera channel is running campaigns aimed at defaming the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). He said the TV network is trying to push for demands by the people for Qatar’s withdrawal from the Council.

“The current Qatari media policy deliberately concocts claims and fabricates historical and political fallacies in order to build up resentment among Qataris against the GCC and reduce its stature,” Al Romaihi said in remarks published in Al Sharq Al Awsat. “The media wants the Qatari citizen to believe that the measures taken against Qatar’s negative policies are in fact directed at him.”

“We find it highly deplorable that the Qatari media is working on mobilising the street through blatant lies and outrageous deceptions and on involving people in a political crisis to which they were not party,” Al Romaihi said.