Dubai: Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid Bin Ahmad Al Khalifa has hailed the speech and answers of UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Mohammad Gargash at Chatham House, the international affairs think tank in London.

“My brother Anwar has expressed exactly how we feel. We ask only for what is right and beneficial for all. All we want is the correct unity, honesty and commitment,” Shaikh Khalid posted on his Twitter account.

In another tweet, he insisted that people who are right ask only for right things and that those who are wrong should respond positively if they want to maintain their fraternity. They must not keep on making the wrong moves or abuses.

Shaikh Khalid dismissed in another tweet media reports that claimed the UAE was behind the hacking of Qatar’s official news agency.

“The accusation is the latest attempt by enemies to abuse, pour oil on fire and divert attention from the facts. Be careful,” he posted to his 406,327 followers on the microblog.

On Monday, Gargash, at Chatham House, warned Qatar it could not belong to the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) if it undermined regional security, stressing that the call was for a “change of behaviour” by Doha, and not a “change of regime.”

Gargash reiterated that Qatar funded terrorists.

“This is our message: You cannot be part of a regional organisation dedicated to strengthening mutual security and furthering mutual interest and at the same time undermine that security,” he said. “You cannot be both our friend and a friend of Al Qaida.”

Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt imposed sanctions on Qatar on June 5, accusing it of supporting terrorism.

“We’ve sent a message to Qatar. We’ve said we are not there to escalate. We are not after regime change. We are after a change of behaviour,” Gargash said.

“We need to do that and when we do that, come back to the fold and we can work together,” he said. Regarding the possibility of Qatar being excluded from the GCC, Gargash said: “The GCC is in crisis and I don’t think it serves our purposes to say let’s take Qatar out.”

Gargash said the four Arab powers were in the process of discussing additional sanctions on Doha.

“There will be some tightening of the screws,” he said in an interview on the sidelines of the event.