Mauritania's diplomatic mission leaves Qatar

CAIRO - 17 June 2017: Mauritania's diplomatic mission left Qatar on board of Mauritanian airways on Friday a week after Nouakchott severed its ties with Doha, Taqadoum reported on Saturday.

Mauritanian ambassador to Doha Sidi Ould Mohamed Laghdaf left Qatar immediately after cutting the ties.

Mauritanian is one of Arab countries severed their ties with Qatar over accusations of “supporting terrorist group.”

Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain announced in a joint statement last week that they put 59 individuals and 12 organizations with ties to Qatar on their terrorism watch list.