Map omitting Qatar now replaced in Louvre Abu Dhabi

2018-01-23 06:37:53

(MENAFN) The Arabian Peninsula map which omitted Qatar, involved in a months-long diplomatic dispute with four Arab countries, was replaced on Monady, according to the Louvre Abu Dhabi.

The map was an "oversight" that had been resolved, the museum stated.

Located in the children's section of the museum, the map is one of several aiming at placing exhibits in their geographical context.

Qatar's museums head, Al Mayassa Al-Thani, pointed out the error on January 19, by retweeting a picture of the map demonstrating Bahrain and the Gulf coast with blank sea in the place of Qatar.

She wrote "Although the notion of museums is a new one to Abu Dhabi, surely the @MuseeLouvre is not okay with this?"

Replying that "Culture is superior to such trifles," Emirati foreign minister Anwar Gargash said that he had been "mystified" by Al-Thani's tweet, which "blew a slight oversight out of proportion".

The UAE and Qatar have long had sour relations, but they aggravated last year when Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt in June cut all ties with Doha, including land, sea and air links.

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