Doha: Qatar has warned of dire
consequences if the vital Bab al-Mandab waterway were to close, following a
months-long blockade of the Strait of Hormuz and recent Houthi gains on the Red
Sea coast.
Director of Media and Communications Ibrahim
bin Sultan Al Hashmi issued the warning during the Ministry of Foreign Affairs'
weekly media briefing. "The world is suffering enough with the closure of
the Strait of Hormuz, so we cannot also afford to add the Bab al-Mandab into
that equation," he said.
Al Hashmi added that a closure of the southern entrance to the Red Sea would be "catastrophic for the entire world. And we are already seeing the consequences… so Qatar is pushing for diplomacy, dialogue."
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