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The sensational statement was made by the head of the Ministry of Defense of Qatar, Khalib bin Mohammed al-Atiyah. According to the minister of the tiny emirate, official Doha sees the future of Qatar exclusively as part of the North Atlantic military bloc. Al-Atiyah added that it would be beneficial for NATO itself to admit Qatar to NATO, since "the Qatari army is today one of the most equipped and combat-ready in the region."


The head of the Qatari Defense Ministry said that cooperation with the North Atlantic Alliance continues to actively develop.

Al-Atiyah:
We do not exclude the placement of NATO structures in our country. We are ready to deal with threats, including the threat of terrorism, and financially.


Qatar: Take us to NATO


Here it must be recalled that in the territory of the emirate of Qatar is one of the largest US military bases in the region. We are talking about the airbase of El Udeid. The fact is that the American military contingent 15 years ago was transferred to this place from Saudi Arabia, and recently against the background of the escalating political conflict between Doha and Riyadh in Washington raised the question of the possible withdrawal of US troops from Qatar back to Saudi Arabia. In Qatar itself, they understand that as soon as the last American soldier leaves his territory, they can “detect the absence of democracy” in the emirate. And what this discovery leads to is well known to many countries of the Middle East.

That is why the Qatar Ministry of Defense is trying with all its forces to enlist Western support, even if it turns out to be the actual loss of sovereignty. Although the big question is whether Qatar has real sovereignty today.

If NATO really decides to accept the Doha proposal, then Qatar will become the first Asian member of the North Atlantic military bloc in this case.
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  1. Thrall
    Thrall 6 June 2018 10: 57
    +7
    Qatar - is it, like, a disease, and not a country? smile
    1. Spartanez300
      Spartanez300 6 June 2018 10: 59
      +2
      Why would they still be in NATO if they are already under the US request .
      And their army, of course, is one of the most "equipped and combat-ready" in the region of almost as many as 12 thousand people laughing .
      1. rocket757
        rocket757 6 June 2018 11: 23
        +2
        Qatar r-rakta, count the eyesore. Who?
        Cutlets, cutlets, and flies (cockroaches) all have their own!
        1. Chertt
          Chertt 6 June 2018 11: 31
          +1
          Quote: rocket757
          Qatar r-rakta, count the eyesore. Who?

          In my opinion Qatari Minister of Defense Halib bin Muhammad Al AtiyahJust everyone trolls
          1. rocket757
            rocket757 6 June 2018 11: 59
            +1
            Funny man ... all this fuss is entertaining. However, it is doubtful that those guys will start buying our sho.
            1. Chertt
              Chertt 6 June 2018 12: 03
              +2
              Quote: rocket757
              Funny man

              Yes there are all. Either they are talking about creating a "gas OPEC" with Russia, then the Turks are offering to place a base, then our S-400s are buying. From the USA they are friends now swear.
              Come know when they are serious. and when the hookah was smoked
              1. rocket757
                rocket757 6 June 2018 12: 17
                +1
                The expression "under the fly" is probably not applicable to them ... however, hookah is a cool thing!
                A small country and a lot of dough! Shozh they do not fly it? Some flew away to such a distance, the colonel with his Jamacheria, such an illustrative example ... did you get the coast however, or did you put too much into the hookah?
      2. donavi49
        donavi49 6 June 2018 12: 16
        +3
        Well, combat efficiency is not a number. The equipment is top-end. Buy on the basis of the most expensive price tag. They have the best leopards in the world for example. A7 in reinforced mincemeat is the most powerful serial machine. Panzergaubice2000 again. A very interesting modular MLRS - Astros plus American Himars. There are Pak-3 of their own. In the Air Force - yes they launched - only Mirages 2000. But they already won money from all manufacturers - they immediately ordered Rafali and F-15QA and 3 Avax on the basis of 737.

        In general, they will easily spend money like some kind of thread Holland and Belgium together. Reliable to provide the main roof.

        For - if in the same Yemen, not only does the population in Shiite regions meet the "Sunni liberators" recklessly (from the discharge of their information to partisans), the area and relief of the Shiite part are not very conducive. Yes, and the Highlanders of Yemen have been fighting for the last 30 years.

        Opposite Qatar - appendix 180-90km. The entire land border is KSA. Closest to Bahrain - which is the Saudi vassal now. Near the UAE which holds neutrality towards the Saudi position. Without a roof - Qatar will be rolled out in a week. Moreover, the population will not be especially against it.
      3. PalBor
        PalBor 6 June 2018 13: 24
        0
        Quote: Spartanez300
        Why would they still be in NATO if they are already under the US request .
        And their army, of course, is one of the most "equipped and combat-ready" in the region of almost as many as 12 thousand people laughing .

        They are "Suvorov". They hit not by numbers, but by skill. Or grandmas. As they sponsored the NATO intervention in Libya, they themselves almost did not participate.
  2. vladimirvn
    vladimirvn 6 June 2018 11: 00
    +2
    Many want, but not many take. So we once tried. wink Now we prove that ourselves with a mustache.
  3. rotmistr60
    rotmistr60 6 June 2018 11: 06
    +2
    “The Qatari army is today one of the most equipped and combat-ready in the region”
    Something that reminds me of someone. Well, just word for word, only another region. If they want to join NATO, offer Trump a deal that he cannot refuse (money, money, and considerable).
  4. citlstar
    citlstar 6 June 2018 11: 08
    +1
    The North Atlantic Alliance will have to be renamed, because where is Qatar and where is the North Atlantic.
    1. LSA57
      LSA57 6 June 2018 11: 13
      +1
      Quote: citlstar
      since where is Qatar and where is the North Atlantic.

      oh, what little things, they will promise the descendants of the ancient Sumerians NATO, they will dig a channel from the Atlantic. laughing
    2. Weyland
      Weyland 6 June 2018 13: 43
      0
      Quote: citlstar
      where is Qatar and where is the North Atlantic.

      Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey are also not so northern and not quite Atlantic laughing
      1. Sands Careers General
        Sands Careers General 6 June 2018 16: 19
        +1
        Black Sea - Atlantic Ocean Basin wink
        So what do they relate to.
        But Qatar is gone.
  5. Vadim851
    Vadim851 6 June 2018 11: 23
    +1
    Try to understand another East. The Saudis (consider the Middle East NATO member) are threatening Qatar with a war, but they want to join NATO.
  6. Tank hard
    Tank hard 6 June 2018 11: 30
    +1
    Yes, why not admit to NATO such a combat-ready country, moreover, known for its implacable fight against terrorism? AND?! wink
    1. LSA57
      LSA57 6 June 2018 11: 34
      0
      Quote: Tank Hard
      Yes, and known for its implacable fight against terrorism? AND?!

      why then they still have a terrorist base there? laughing
      1. Tank hard
        Tank hard 6 June 2018 11: 39
        0
        Well, it remains only to accept Georgia, New Sumer, Israel and Palestine into NATO ... That will be NATO, so NATO! Yes
      2. Tank hard
        Tank hard 6 June 2018 11: 41
        +1
        Quote: LSA57
        why then they still have a terrorist base there?

        What nonsense ... laughing
        1. LSA57
          LSA57 6 June 2018 11: 46
          0
          Quote: Tank Hard
          What nonsense ...

          as soon as they revolt in NATO, so will they efte the base and disperse it? laughing
          1. Tank hard
            Tank hard 6 June 2018 11: 49
            0
            Quote: LSA57
            as soon as they revolt in NATO, they’ll disperse the base and disperse

            This is not the most important thing ... The main thing is to declare yourself as an implacable fighter against terrorism! laughing
            1. LSA57
              LSA57 6 June 2018 11: 52
              +1
              Quote: Tank Hard
              The main thing is to declare yourself as an implacable fighter against terrorism!

              a disease called "Poproshenko" strides across the planet laughing
              1. Tank hard
                Tank hard 6 June 2018 11: 58
                0
                Quote: LSA57
                a disease called "Poproshenko" strides across the planet

                They were experimenting in their secret laboratories ... It seems that the entire "world regional committee", led by the leading American department, was struck. crying
                1. LSA57
                  LSA57 6 June 2018 12: 06
                  0
                  Quote: Tank Hard
                  Experimented in their secret labs

                  but it seems that geyrops began to develop immunity under the carrier of the phobia "Hegemon" laughing
  7. nikoliski
    nikoliski 6 June 2018 11: 32
    -1
    There and so the US base is
    1. LSA57
      LSA57 6 June 2018 12: 07
      +1
      Quote: nikoliski
      There and so the US base is

  8. Servisinzhener
    Servisinzhener 6 June 2018 11: 36
    +1
    the Qatari army is today one of the most equipped and operational in the region
    Very cocky. But very light. wink
  9. KVU-NSVD
    KVU-NSVD 6 June 2018 11: 49
    +1
    The coolest thing that they can take as a cash cow and sponsor of the "continuation of the banquet" in the Middle East
    We are ready to deal with threats, including the threat of terrorism, and financially.
    True, the Saudis will be very against it - they have been grinding a tooth there for a long time because of their inter-Arab and completely understandable reasons, and then they will become "untouchable" ... Although they can deflate the money and hand over the Qatari suckers to Er-Riyadh brothers .. .With Washington and Brussels become - with vile chaos ...
  10. Altona
    Altona 6 June 2018 12: 19
    +4
    At the end of autumn 2011, the ambassador of the Russian Federation Vladimir Titorenko was brutally beaten in Qatar. He, in accordance with international standards, did not allow customs officers to x-ray diplomatic mail and was brutally beaten by 15 police officers and customs officers. injured and two other employees of the Russian Foreign Ministry, trying to protect the ambassador.

    Titarenko miraculously kept an eye. The other day, a letter appeared in Runet from a “group of employees of the Russian Foreign Ministry,” which says that the services of the Wahhabi emirate of Qatar still have not apologized and did not investigate the matter. And the leadership of the Russian Foreign Ministry tried to blame the diplomat himself for the incident. The authors of the letter declare. that “there is an official crime”: “The specific officials of the Russian Foreign Ministry responsible for Russia's relations with the Arab world, including Qatar, actually inaction indulged an attack on V. Titorenko.”
    ---------------------------------
    Qatar has not yet apologized. And if someone bombards the country for the sake of democracy in the name of democracy, then this will be a warning to them. I remind you that the famous fake news "Al Jazeera" is Qatari. So I wish Qatar to build democracy in the very near future. By the way, Churkin Qatar warned in due time that on a certain morning Qatar might not be in the world if he continued to be rude to Russia.
    1. Tank hard
      Tank hard 6 June 2018 17: 04
      0
      Quote: Altona
      At the end of autumn 2011, the ambassador of the Russian Federation Vladimir Titorenko was brutally beaten in Qatar. He, in accordance with international standards, did not allow customs officers to x-ray diplomatic mail and was brutally beaten by 15 police officers and customs officers. injured and two other employees of the Russian Foreign Ministry, trying to protect the ambassador.

      There, the American ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens, is said to have been raped, killed, and again raped.(Was he like a "chief specialist on the spot" on the "Libyan revolution"?). So what? Did the US send its fleet there? Whatever the case ...
      Quote: Altona
      Qatar has not yet apologized. And if someone bombards this country toad in the name of democracy, then this will be his edification
      1. d1975
        d1975 7 June 2018 15: 22
        +1
        Are you okay with your head? Have you eaten dill? wassat How is it that and what, the fact of betrayal of our Foreign Ministry is on the face! am
  11. Pissarro
    Pissarro 6 June 2018 12: 35
    +3
    The main sponsor of terrorism in the region is seeking a roof. Gaddafi and Mubarak were overthrown precisely with Qatari money, and Syria was also lit. It was the Qatari gas pipe to Europe that did not take place with our participation in the extermination of cannibals-igilovtsev. It is al Jazeera that is the main fake news of the region.
  12. Guru
    Guru 6 June 2018 13: 55
    0
    That's just Qatar and NATO is not enough.
  13. APASUS
    APASUS 6 June 2018 19: 35
    0
    Why should Americans burden themselves with yet another responsibility? Qatar already belongs to the Americans, which could make Americans change their mind
  14. omit
    omit 7 June 2018 15: 54
    0
    In vain, guys, pull yourself in. NATO already answered them so that they won’t jerk, they won’t take it anyway.