Egypt: Foreign Ministry Summons Qatari Ambassador

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Qatari Ambassador on Saturday afternoon in response to a controversial Qatari press release yesterday criticizing the government's security crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood, according to the spokesperson of the minister Badr Abdel Atty.

Sources in the ministry said that the government "rejects such interference in Egyptian affairs" and that in event that Qatar continues such interference, Egypt would have to escalate diplomatic actions.

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