Cairo — Egypt’s foreign ministry said it summoned Qatar’s ambassador on Saturday in protest at Doha’s criticism of the government’s crackdown on the “Muslim Brotherhood”.
Relations between the two countries have deteriorated following the Egyptian military’s overthrow of ousted Mohamed Morsi and a crackdown on his “Muslim Brotherhood” movement, which Qatar backs.
“The Qatari ambassador was summoned over a statement by the Qatari foreign ministry,” Egyptian foreign ministry spokesman Badr Abdelatty told AFP.
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