Mauritania has severed diplomatic relations with Qatar. 

The Mauritanian ministry of foreign affairs informed about the aforesaid in a statement, reported RIA Novosti news agency of Russia.

According to the statement, such a decision is due to Qatar’s persistence to continue its policy.

“The state of Qatar has linked its policies ... in support of terrorist organizations and the propagation of extremist ideas,” the Mauritanian ministry of foreign affairs said, in particular, in the statement.

Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and the UAE had announced that they broke diplomatic ties with Qatar, condemning Doha of supporting terrorist organizations and destabilizing the situation in the Middle East. 

Later, the authorities of Libya, Yemen, Maldives, and Mauritius also informed that that they were severing relations with Qatar. 

The Qatari foreign minister, however, stated that Doha will not take actions in response.