United arab emirates: We are not trying to force regime change in Qatar

The Arab countries isolating Qatar do not seek to force out the country's leadership but are willing to cut ties if it does not agree to their demands, a top United Arab Emirates official has said.

Emirati Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash said in Dubai that his country and its allies, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Bahrain, do not want "regime change" in Qatar but "behavioural change".