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Saudi Arabia's crown prince says Qatar will not be barred from an Arab summit in Riyadh later this month, but predicted the standoff with Doha could last a long time.
Prince Mohammed bin Salman's comments were made to local editors during a visit to Egypt this week and published Wednesday in the independent Al-Shorouk newspaper.
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt cut ties with Qatar in June, accusing the tiny but super-rich Gulf state of supporting militant groups and forging close ties with Iran.
The prince described Iran, Turkey and militant groups as the “contemporary triangle of evil.” He said Saudi Arabia was seeking to end the close relations between Iran on the one hand and Russia and Syria on the other.
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Mar 07, 2018 02:44pm
Strange to hear such premature rather silly stance...
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Mar 07, 2018 04:03pm
excellent. Saudi prince. He is the man... Bravo...hats off.
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Mar 07, 2018 04:24pm
Is that a game now
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Mar 07, 2018 04:48pm
Saudi crown prince seems to forget Persian and Ottoman history.
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Mar 07, 2018 04:55pm
Great sir
I thought you would include Israel too.
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Mar 07, 2018 05:04pm
Great emerging leader.
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Mar 07, 2018 05:10pm
Thank you Your Excellency. You spoke loudly and clearly.
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Mar 07, 2018 05:26pm
Hmmm....Interesting development.
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Mar 07, 2018 05:35pm
India can resolve all these issues.
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Mar 07, 2018 05:40pm
The only question is, who is worse?
Those who bombs the Innocents in Yemen or those who bombs Innocents in Syria?
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Mar 07, 2018 06:07pm
Can see clearly reasons why democratic countries put age limits to become president or prime minister.
How he is dealing with other countries, just lake of diplomatic approach and shows how the experience accounts in international relations.
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Mar 07, 2018 06:47pm
Pretty soon Saudi Arabia will run out of true friends.
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Mar 07, 2018 06:49pm
Look who's talking about militancy
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Mar 07, 2018 07:10pm
Which side Pakistan will go.
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Mar 07, 2018 07:28pm
Very irresponsible move.
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Mar 07, 2018 07:36pm
@Naveed Jafri the prince has "gold " and the man who has gold makes the rules not some intellectual.
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Mar 07, 2018 07:40pm
Turkey helped Qatar in time of need. A friend in need is a friend Indeed.
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Mar 07, 2018 07:53pm
He is not in correct frame of mind.
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Mar 07, 2018 08:01pm
Turkey has been a real turkey lately under Erdogan. Hope another Ataturk surfaces and saves the country.
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Mar 07, 2018 08:14pm
Turkey???
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Mar 07, 2018 08:19pm
Bad days for Pakistan diplomacy again.
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Mar 07, 2018 08:37pm
Pakistan will get crushed in the middle again.
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Mar 07, 2018 09:07pm
While Saudi is moving forward civilizationally, Turkey seems to more and more occupy the space Saudi is leaving behind.
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Mar 07, 2018 09:38pm
Pretty frustrated... Now you can't touch Iran.
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Mar 07, 2018 09:52pm
This means all arabs are angels and all non arabs like Turkey, Iran are evils?
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Mar 07, 2018 09:54pm
Iran as Persian Empire and Turks as Ottoman Empire have been two of the five sole super powers in entire history. The other three are named Roman Empire, The British Empire and now America.
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Mar 07, 2018 09:54pm
He's being used to push American/Israeli agenda.
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Mar 07, 2018 09:54pm
Of course, both nations threaten the supremacy of Saudi Arabia, that's why.
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Mar 07, 2018 09:59pm
Arabs don't like Turks much any ways...
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Mar 07, 2018 10:06pm
The days are near when the KSA will be attacked and parts of the same captured by Israel. If anyone has any doubts, check the map of the greater Israel at the Knesset in Tel Aviv. Before visiting Israel, His Highness, the mighty King to be would do well to check with his seniors other than his father, if he has any left on his side amid the chaos created by his own nomination as the heir apparent.
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Mar 07, 2018 10:26pm
@Gautham - "While Saudi is moving forward civilizationally, Turkey seems to more and more occupy the space Saudi is leaving behind."
Excellent observation.
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Mar 07, 2018 10:28pm
Surprised to see Turkey. Even more surprised to see no Israel. International diplomacy is stranger than fiction.
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Mar 07, 2018 10:36pm
Shame on crown prince. We stand with Turkey
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Mar 07, 2018 10:51pm
@ahsan7979
Because, Turkey is true islamic republic.
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Mar 07, 2018 11:23pm
Since when evil started making list of axis of evil.
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Mar 07, 2018 11:30pm
This prince is a bad news for Saudi monarchy. He is the end of the rope ( Saudi Monarchy).
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Mar 07, 2018 11:35pm
Turkey, Pakistan and Iran seriously need to keep out of these intra Arab quarrels. Arabs have done to Syria in 7 years what Israel couldn't do in 70. Now Arabs are in the West and perpetually angry over one thing or another. Destructive, arrogant and Ill tempered..
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Mar 07, 2018 11:45pm
He will destroy Saudi Arabia.
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Mar 08, 2018 12:06am
This shows how immature this prince is.
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Mar 08, 2018 12:13am
MBS was born to a big family of Saudi Kings not chosen by any one except the foreign powers. The Turkish President is a chosen leader by the Turkish people. That's where the difference between good and evil ends.
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Mar 08, 2018 12:23am
This is politics and real world.
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Mar 08, 2018 12:40am
No comment.
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Mar 08, 2018 12:50am
@ksl right on!
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Mar 08, 2018 01:11am
Saudia should have taken the lead role in bringing together the Islamic world due to its wealth and influence. Instead what it does and has been doing is creating more chaos, rifts and constant pandering to the west. Very sad.
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Mar 08, 2018 01:31am
He will break Saudi Arabian spine... Self destruction mode.
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Mar 08, 2018 01:46am
Including Turkey in the axis of evil makes perfect sense. Erdogan is erasing all that progress and modernization made under Ataturk and dragging the nation back into the medieval hell.
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Mar 08, 2018 02:08am
For SA, Except Israel, everyone else is bad..
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Mar 08, 2018 02:39am
Maybe Saudis should start examining their own deeds and crimes. They will find evil within,
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Mar 08, 2018 04:57am
The Prince should focus on modernizing, educating and developing the infrastructure of his country. It would be best to avoid International intrigue.
How does he explain the victimization of the civilian population of Yemen at his hands!
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Mar 08, 2018 05:15am
We need to send a clear message that Pakistan stand strongly with Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia and Pakistan have deep relations and genuine well wisher of each other. Countries like Iran and Turkey can never be trusted completely.
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Mar 08, 2018 06:27am
This man is tasked to put an end to the Saudi kingship.
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Mar 08, 2018 06:34am
Dancing to USA's tunes
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Mar 08, 2018 06:39am
An extremely obedient servant of America.
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Mar 08, 2018 06:42am
In order to remain in power, these individuals will destroy all Muslim ummah. They don't care of education or development. They care that as long as they have power, they will enjoy. Their concerns is not suffering of the muslims.
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Mar 08, 2018 06:44am
Now this looks like a real triangle of diplomatic dilemma in the center of which Pakistan is confusingly located.
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Mar 08, 2018 06:59am
Turkey stood up for Pakistan at FATF meeting. Saudi Arabia didn’t.
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Mar 08, 2018 08:13am
Shame MBS!
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Mar 08, 2018 08:57am
Anyone tries to create division within the ranks of Ummah, is evil.
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Mar 08, 2018 09:03am
Turkey is a great Islamic country with a great Islamic leader !!
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Mar 08, 2018 09:08am
I support Crown Prince Salman. He is progressive and is determined to bring modernity to Islam.
He is the only hope to bring sanity to Islamic world, free from the clutches of extremists and Venture-Capitalist Mullahs.
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Mar 08, 2018 09:15am
Erdogan is trying to build new Ottoman Empire. Google what Erdogan is doing. Killing Kurds, the most liberal, progressive Muslims.
Down with Erdogan.
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Mar 08, 2018 09:20am
This prince is just one inexperienced person who just doesn’t know anything about the world. Labeling other countries using stolen words from the bush administration he is dead wrong. He must realize that no other country can protect KSA free and without their gains. Basically he is putting KSA in great dangers.
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Mar 08, 2018 10:08am
Muslims and Pakistani are with Saudia
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Mar 08, 2018 10:36am
One more problem for Pakistan.
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Mar 08, 2018 11:22am
What a immaturity ?
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Mar 08, 2018 11:45am
Turkey, the great nation, great people
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Mar 08, 2018 12:16pm
Saudi Arabia was given as a gift and now it's time for payback !!
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Mar 08, 2018 02:20pm
How stupid
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Mar 08, 2018 03:53pm
Don't act like Trump
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Mar 08, 2018 04:13pm
Iran is a neighbor and Saudi a country with Over a Million Pakistani Employees. We must not choose anyone's side in this conflict, we have seen enough trouble already by being the battle ground for Saudi-Iran proxy wars.
Peace
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Mar 08, 2018 05:11pm
Don’t side with either Iran or Saudi. Get our army back from Saudi. Not a good idea to have friction in our western border. Be neutral. Pakistan Zindabad
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Mar 08, 2018 06:03pm
Wrong, immature and misleading definition by the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia.
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Mar 08, 2018 06:11pm
He is not a visionary leader for the Islamic states. TUrkey is very important and powerful country.
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Mar 08, 2018 06:47pm
Pakistan is playing wise, non military and neutral on every front. You can see positive response even from America and Russia as well.
Just mind peace with all and you will be all right.
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Mar 08, 2018 07:01pm
This is the reason.... Monarchy does not work.
Also fake democratic leaders are not qualified.... mujah qio nikala
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Mar 08, 2018 10:20pm
Wish there was a visible strategy of learning to live together, finding common grounds to cooperate and alleviate the sufferings of people of Syria, Yemen and elsewhere.That would be a leadership worth appreciation. We don't seem to have learnt nothing and are on a path of ignorance.
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Mar 09, 2018 01:47am
This guy is way over his head. Instead of building bridges destroying and creating split between brotherly countries. The future of Saudi Arabia looks grim and dark.
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Mar 09, 2018 02:22am
@Khan so sad.. to hear
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Mar 09, 2018 09:35am
Its so sad to hear saudi crown prince say things which only further divide the umma. Instead of leading the umma and voicing the grivences of umma on international level like Turkey he is criticizing Turkey for standing up. so sad.
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Mar 09, 2018 12:17pm
Very correctly judged by Saudi.
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Mar 09, 2018 12:28pm
@Anwar Mahmood well we need to have better information dissemination of history with accurate facts taught, than glorification of Islam without proper facts . Otherwise we will be a laughing stock world over eg. talking about 2 of the 5 super powers in history.
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Mar 09, 2018 01:44pm
How times have changed.
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Mar 09, 2018 04:01pm
@Haroon Good advise
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Mar 09, 2018 05:33pm
This prince is trouble for Muslims as a whole and especially for Saudi Arabia.
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Mar 09, 2018 09:03pm
Dictator......look the state of arrogance
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Mar 09, 2018 09:38pm
I would have to disagree coming from a counrty where women just got the right to drive a car.
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Mar 09, 2018 09:55pm
The axis starts and ends in KSA.
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Mar 09, 2018 10:45pm
Look who is talking
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Mar 09, 2018 11:53pm
One more reason to withdaw troops from KSA. Turkey and Iran are great supporters ofmPakostan in international level and KSA is against both these countries.
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Mar 10, 2018 02:26am
Give love and get love in return.We should not call any country or human beings evil as we are all part of a sweet and beautiful humanity.
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Mar 10, 2018 03:12am
Prince-living in a fairy land.
World has changed and Saudis need to understand and accept it.
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Mar 10, 2018 08:07am
Shame on Saudi Royals
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