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Saudi Arabia closes checkpoint on border with Qatar

Other News Materials 20 December 2017 10:32 (UTC +04:00)
Saudi Arabia has closed the Salwa checkpoint on the country’s border with Qatar
Saudi Arabia closes checkpoint on border with Qatar

Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec. 20

By Rufiz Hafizoglu – Trend:

Saudi Arabia has closed the Salwa checkpoint on the country’s border with Qatar, Al Jazeera TV channel reported Dec. 20.

Salwa is the only checkpoint between Saudi Arabia and Qatar, according to the report.

Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the UAE announced about breaking their diplomatic relations with Qatar June 5, accusing Doha of supporting terrorist organizations and destabilizing the situation in the Middle East.

Later, the authorities of Libya, Yemen, the Maldives and Mauritius also announced about severing diplomatic relations with Qatar.

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