Turkey denies claims Qatar, S. Arabia were not troubled by coup attempt
ANKARA
“On the contrary, Qatar and Saudi Arabia have shown a firm stance against this coup attempt. Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani and Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud have phoned our President [Recep Tayyip Erdoğan] to express their support and solidarity at the highest level,” Tanju Bilgiç, spokesperson of the Foreign Ministry, said in a written statement late July 19.
The claim that the two Gulf countries were not troubled by the coup attempt was made by the Iran’s Farsi news agency.