UAE military ordered not to escalate Qatar crisis

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UAE museum 'annexes' Omani territory deletes Qatar in map mishaps

The United Arab Emirates' military forces have been instructed not to escalate an ongoing diplomatic crisis with neighbouring Qatar, an Emirati military official has said.

"The UAE, along with Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Egypt, have imposed travel, diplomatic and trade sanctions on Qatar since last June, accusing the Gulf neighbour of fanning terrorism in the region". Doha denies the charges.

UAE military aircraft would also fly alternative routes over Saudi Arabia to avoid the possibility of interception by Qatari warplanes, al-Qubaisi added.

Anwar Gargash, the UAE minister of state for foreign affairs responded to the anger, saying it was a, "small mishap", and said people were, "looking to create unnecessary controversy", Al Jazeera.

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The UAE said on January 15 that Qatari warplanes had twice intercepted its civilian aircraft that day during routine flights to Bahrain, but Qatar called the claim "completely untrue".

The other two aviation incidents involving the UAE military, on January 3 and January 12, involved a Twin Otter aircraft and a C-130 cargo plane.

"In the children's section of Abu Dhabi's new flagship Louvre Museum, a map of the southern Gulf completely omits the Qatari peninsula - a geographical deletion that is probably incompatible with France's agreement to let Abu Dhabi use the Louvre's name", he wrote.

There is no clarity about the size of the forthcoming potential sale of bonds, but bank sources say that Qatar will likely raise a similar amount.

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