Turkey's army in Qatar is an element of instability in the Gulf region, a senior official of the UAE has said, adding that it contributed to negative polarisation.
The UAE and its Arab allies have imposed a boycott on Qatar since mid-2017 and had demanded that Doha close a Turkish military base, among their conditions for ending the rift.
"The Turkish military presence in the Arab Gulf is an emergency," UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr Anwar Gargash said on Twitter on Saturday. "It reinforces polarisation, and it does not take into account the sovereignty of states and the interests of the Gulf countries and its people."
Meanwhile, Israel's intelligence minister said on Sunday that Tel Aviv would oppose any US sale of advanced F-35 warplanes to Qatar.
Eli Cohen made the comments in response to a Reuters report that Qatar - whose Iran links trouble Israel - had submitted a formal request to Washington to buy the Lockheed Martin stealth jet. The US consults Israel on proposed sales of advanced arms to other countries in the region, under a principle of preserving Israel's "qualitative military edge".
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